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• Madoc Township council controversy a cautionary tale for candidates: lawyer

  23-06-2026 19:36 via intelligencer.ca
  
  The vacating of Madoc Township’s deputy mayor seat is a cautionary tale for candidates in municipal elections, says a lawyer specializing in municipal law.Township officials on June 5 announced the vacating of the deputy mayor’s seat due to Larry Rollins, who in 2022 was acclaimed to the position, failing to file a financial statement after that election. The action was in keeping with Ontario’s Municipal Elections Act, which also dictates a candidate who fails to file such a
  
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• Madoc Township deputy mayor's seat vacant; council to discuss replacement

  23-06-2026 19:32 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Madoc Township council will discuss how to fill an empty seat vacated under Ontario’s Municipal Elections Act in July following Deputy Mayor Larry Rollins’ failure to file a 2022 campaign financial statement.That failure had triggered two penalties, both of which are automatic under Ontario’s Municipal Elections Act: the deputy mayor’s office was vacated and Rollins became ineligible to run as a candidate in this year’s election. Both were announced June 5 in a tow
  
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• Personal fireworks banned in urban areas of Belleville on Canada Day

  23-06-2026 16:52 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Planning on setting off fireworks on Canada within the city limits?Think again.With Canada Day just around the corner, Belleville Fire and Emergency Services is reminding residents of the city’s restrictions on fireworks.“Under the city’s fireworks bylaw (2025-142), consumer fireworks may only be discharged on Canada Day or on the day before or after July 1 and only in the rural areas of Belleville,” the city said.“Discharging consumer fireworks in the urban areas
  
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• Downtown at Dusk draws huge crowds to watch street performers 

  23-06-2026 16:20 via intelligencer.ca
  
  How many people can fit onto Belleville’s Front Street between Victoria Avenue and Bridge Street?Whatever the answer is, it was almost filled chock-a-block Fri., June 19 for the annual Downtown at Dusk Festival.Dusk, actually, doesn’t quite cut it, as activities started at 4 p.m. with an official opening ceremony with civic officials and carried on until 10 p.m.Live entertainment was provided at three stage centres along the two-block section.While hundreds of people patrolled or li
  
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• Belleville council bumps up Upper Bridge repair costs to $4.5M

  23-06-2026 16:06 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Belleville council amended its 2006 capital budget Monday to spend an additional $425,000 toward the rehabilitation of downtown’s Upper Bridge linking Front Street to Moira Street West.The money will cover the HST portion of the $4.5 million cost to bring the ailing Moira River crossing up to modern standards.The extra cost is planned to be financed through the Canada Community Building Fund.Repairs for the bridge were originally approved March 9 .Council also awarded the rehabilitation t
  
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• Proposed 66-unit Habitat Village a work in progress: Koudsi

  23-06-2026 03:30 via intelligencer.ca
  
  A proposed $33 million, 66 condo unit affordable housing complex to be known as Habitat Village in Belleville has encountered an unforeseen delay in construction, city council heard Monday in regular session.In a deputation, Hazzem Koudsi, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Prince Edward-Hastings, informed all is moving well to build the five-storey residence save for one hiccup in the early planning stages.In order to receive approval for a record of site condition, Habitat officials have been inform
  
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• Belleville Mayor Ellis calls for quick adoption of procedural changes

  23-06-2026 03:17 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Belleville city council voted unanimously Monday to correct its procedural bylaw to ensure it no longer errs behind closed doors by declaring city owned properties as surplus without public input.The vote came following the release June 18 of integrity commissioner David Boghosian’s findings that council violated Section 289(6) of the Municipal Act by declaring in camera on March 23 a South John Street greenfield property owned by the city as surplus.Monday’s council agenda original
  
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