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It's not easy choosing just the right logo to sell your product...as Belleville city council found out last night. Belleville city council got all fired up over a "branding" issue last night and when ...

People are certainly riding the buses....those extra service buses that Belleville launched last fall. But Councillor Bob Dolan is concerned that a few businesses north of Highway 4-0-1 are benefiting...

A group of young students, called Unfiltered, has urged Belleville to join three other Ontario cities and ban moking on the city's playing fields. The statistics are startling...Hastings and Prince Ed...

A Belleville councillor says it's time to tighten the leash on dog owners who let their dogs run free in city parks. Councillor Taso Christopher told City Council last night he's had complaints from p...

When and if the Doc's Hotel on Belleville's Station Street ever rises from the dust it may have a different look. Councillor Tom Lafferty says it's time remove the "adult entertainment" designation on...

The issue of the noise bylaw exemption for the Empire Theatre rock show weekends came before Belleville council again last night. Council had received some noise complaints, and Ray Smith who lives ac...

Belleville Councillor Egerton Boyce is concerned that a day care operation at a facility in the west hill will infringe on a green space. Boyce told city council last night that the community had help...

This year the United Way of Quinte is emphasizing its service to the community. 2009 Campaign Chair Mark Philbin told city council last night that the United Way wants to emphasize it's not just a fun...

Hog farmers from western Ontario say with high costs and low pork prices, they're about to go under and they took their plight to the Belleville office of Agriculture Minister Leona Dombrowsky. They s...

Good news, at least for now, for Belleville's Nortel employees. The sale of a major part of Wireless Nortel Network business to Nokia-Siemens will not have an "immediate effect" on the Belleville plan...