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Issues of parking arise in residential addition proposal

The City of Belleville's Planning Committee has received an application for a three-storey addition to an existing three-storey residential building on Front Street. The existing unit includes commerc...

Zach McGibbon Apr 03, 2023 Staff photo of building that is proposed to have an addition at the back for an additional six units. (Photo: City of Belleville)

Proposed car dealership at corner of Highway 62 and Millennium Parkway

A proposal is in place for a future car dealership at the corner of Highway 62 and the Millennium Parkway. The total area of the vacant land for the proposed car dealership is a combined 5.46 hectares...

Zach McGibbon Apr 03, 2023 Staff photo of the potential site of a car dealership at the corner of Highway 62 and Millennium Parkway. (Photo: City of Belleville)

Recommendation report for potential seniors residential units

The City of Belleville's Planning Committee has asked staff to provide a recommendation report on a proposed development to create a 55+ seniors community on vacant land on the southeast corner of Sid...

Zach McGibbon Apr 03, 2023 Site of a potential development for a new nursing home and housing to 645 Sydney Street. (Photo: City of Belleville)

BQRAP offering grants for rain gardens.

The Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan calls rain gardens an inexpensive way to protect the Bay of Quinte and its surrounding streams, rivers, and lakes from pollutants carried by stormwater runoff an...

Alana Cameron Apr 03, 2023

Trio of high-milers charged in Napanee area

Lennox and Addington OPP laid three separate stunt driving charges on Highway 401 over the weekend. A 29-year-old man from Scarborough was charged around 10 p.m. Saturday night after a motorist was cl...

Alana Cameron Apr 03, 2023

McDougall Insurance merges with Tweed broker

Ross McDougall, CEO of McDougall Insurance and Financial announced Monday that they have merged with Rayburn Insurance Brokers Ltd. Rayburn operates out of Tweed and has a history dating back 101 year...

Alana Cameron Apr 03, 2023 (Photo: Facebook)

Belleville Police equip cruisers with defibrillators

Belleville Police cruisers are getting some brand new equipment. After a generous $20,000 donation from local residents Ross McDougall and Rob Haggarty, Belleville Police Service is equipping all 15 o...

Alan-Michael Steele Apr 03, 2023 Ross McDougall(left) and Rob Haggarty(right) place a pair of new defibrillators in the back of a Belleville Police vehicle.

Charge laid after single vehicle collision on Highway 401

A Tyendinaga man has been charged after a vehicle went into the ditch on Highway 401 in Quinte West. An OPP officer on patrol around 3 a.m. on Saturday saw a driver lose control of his vehicle and ent...

Alana Cameron Apr 03, 2023

Fundraiser for Trent Hills Recruitment and Retention committee

Trent Hills Recruitment and Retention Committee is hosting a fundraiser in Campbellford next month as the team works to address the area's doctor shortage. There are currently 4,000 residents in the T...

Alana Cameron Apr 03, 2023 The Aubrey Dayle Jazz Quartet will perform at a fundraiser for the Trent Hill Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee, May 11, 2023 at Aron Theatre in Campbellford. (Photo: submitted)

Houston we do not have a problem..... growing hair

A local toddler turns heads wherever he goes. Fourteen-month-old Houston Buxton of Belleville has some of the most spectacular hair you have ever seen. Hugh's (Houston's short form name) parents Kyle ...

Tim Durkin Apr 03, 2023