3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (906+ words) Tentative city proposal to build up to 145 housing units could see 4.7-acre property reduced to 1.47-acre green space. Belleville Residents of Old West Hill didn’t mince words defending the last open green space in their neighbourhood in a public meeting…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (520+ words) Tourists love unique monuments and if you build it, they will come. My next thought was: What do you do with it when it is abandoned. Drop it off in a neighbour’s scrap metal cart? (Why do they call it…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (236+ words) Members and guests for the Greater Quinte Area CARP (Canadian Association for Retired Persons) Chapter Tuesday meeting experienced something “completely different.” Presenters from two local organizations conducted a fun brain-teasing quiz and a ballet-style workout. Melissa Whalen, for the Quinte…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (411+ words) Hastings County staff are working on a new program in the hope of finding housing for unhoused North Hastings residents. In the meantime, a private security firm will continue its operation of the county’s hybrid warming centre in Bancroft after…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (345+ words) PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY — Base31 and Habitat for Humanity Prince Edward-Hastings have announced a new partnership to advance affordable homeownership in Prince Edward County. As the first initiative under the partnership, the organizations are planning affordable homeownership townhouses within Hilltop Village, the…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (355+ words) Road crews are removing the crumbling concrete road surface at County Road 15 (Northport Road) and will work their way south through the weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Removal of County Road 49’s crumbling concrete surface in Prince Edward County to begin a…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (303+ words) Deputy Chief Mark Shannon said, “firefighters were on scene quickly [and] found one victim who had self-extricated." Two people were pulled from a burning home at 54 West Moira St. by Belleville firefighters early Sunday. A third person managed to escape…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (186+ words) One of the unique features of the tour is its convenience. The Rednersville Road Art Tour returns Labour Day weekend for its 17th year, inviting visitors to explore work by 20 artists at nine studio locations along County Road 3 in Prince Edward…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (493+ words) Gleaners Food Bank joins Feed Ontario and food banks across the province to encourage residents to make reducing hunger a priority this municipal election. Hunger exists in every community in Ontario, including Belleville, where high rental rates and the cost…...