Derek Baldwin

A newly built 375,000 square-foot distribution centre for pet products is reportedly operational in Belleville’s Northeast Industrial Park after construction began on the new building in early 2024.

In an online Law Society Tribunal hearing on Friday, a Belleville-based Indigenous family lawyer facing restriction or suspension of his licence by the Law Society of Ontario asked that a series of professional misconduct allegations made against him be dismissed.

Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis was in the driver’s seat flanked by employees of the city’s Community Services department at Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre for the public unveiling of two new electric ice-resurfacing machines purchased by the municipality.

January rains on the weekend didn’t dampen the resolve of Friends of Queen Mary Greenspace to save their neighbourhood parkland from developers building new housing on the last open public green space in Old West Hill.

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has issued its third quarter payment of $809,999 to the City of Belleville for hosting Shorelines Casino Belleville.

A man charged with first-degree murder of a teen, who was found deceased by police in a Quinte West motel room in January of last year, appeared in Ontario Court of Justice on Monday.

Nine people have applied for an empty Brighton council seat left open late last year.

Steps are underway by the City of Belleville to remediate a former city park on the southwest corner of Sidney Street and Moira Street West.

Environment Canada issued an extreme cold warning Tuesday for Quinte residents as the Polar Vortex dipped southerly bringing with it Arctic windchill values to as low as -35C.

A 15-minute meeting on Tuesday with Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones at the Rural Ontario Municipalities of Ontario (ROMA) conference was productive, said Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis.