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Brighton Public School: picking the bones

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Ray Yurkowski

EMC News - Brighton - The final piece of deliberation over the old parts of Brighton Public School is what and how much can be saved? And at the municipal council meeting last week, Planning Manager Ken Hurford had at least some of the answers. Time...

Mayor presents State of the City address for 2012

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Kate Everson

EMC News - Quinte West - The Holiday Inn served a delicious lunch for the Mayor's State of the City address on January 26, presented by the Chamber of Commerce. Chamber manager Suzanne Andrews introduced guests which included MPP Rob Milligan and new...

Trash receptacles bear hefty price tag

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Ray Yurkowski

EMC News - Brighton - When last week's municipal council agenda turned to correspondence, a letter from Brighton resident Katelyn Orr expressed some concern about the lack of available garbage containers in the community. "This problem has led to many...

Healthcare gets boost in Belleville

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Michael J Brethour

EMC News - Belleville - One-stop health shopping. It's not the most elegant way to describe the Belleville Quinte West Community Health Centre on Bridge Street West, but perhaps it is the most accurate. With just over 15,200 square feet, housing physicians,...

Alzheimer Society supporters walk to remember

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Michael J Brethour

EMC News - Belleville - The Alzheimer Society of Prince Edward Hastings was hoping for a hat trick in fund raising and they got exactly that. "We are riding high on this success," commented local chapter executive director Laura Hare on the astounding...

Mayor's Breakfast

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Kate Everson

EMC News - Quinte West - Business is looking good. That was the message at the Mayor's Breakfast at city hall on Tuesday, January 24. Chuck O'Malley, chair of the Business Retention and Expansion subcommittee of the Economic Development and Revitalization...

Preparation for an ice emergency

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Michael J Brethour

EMC News - Belleville - "This is a perfect day for a swim." That was the attitude for Belleville firefighters as they gazed across the ice formations at the foot of the Norris Whitney Bridge in Belleville, a frigid wind whipped across open water and...