Belleville news

• Savour the Sips event set to cool patrons in Downtown Belleville

  03-07-2026 17:25 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Downtown Belleville is inviting visitors to another annual, award-winning event aptly dubbed Savour the Sips.Building off of the success of Savour the Chill, the four-season culinary series now includes Savour the Flavour, Savour the Heat, and the fast-approaching Savour the Sips.The Savour series recently earned an Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA) Award of Excellence in the Event category.With 14 participating businesses, attendees can explore Downtown Belleville while sam
  
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• City implements two-hour free parking in downtown municipal lots 

  03-07-2026 17:17 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Belleville has introduced two-hour free parking in municipal parking lots within the Downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA).To take advantage of the new two-hour free parking, all vehicles must obtain a free parking permit from the pay-and-display machine or through the HotSpot Parking app using the lot’s zone number. Vehicles parked for more than two hours must pay the regular parking rate of $2 per hour for any additional time.The change applies only to municipal parking lots within t
  
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• Belleville replacing Great St. James stairway from East Hill to Downtown

  03-07-2026 17:12 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Old East Hill residents have helped finance the cost of replacing the historic Great St. James stairway linking the old neighbourhood to downtown, Moira River Parks and the Riverfront Trail.The donations will help cover the city’s cost to reconstruct a new pedestrian link set for completion by fall, says Joe Reid, city director of Transportation and Operations.,“A donor on the East Hill had approached the City and provided the City with $50,000 toward the project in the fall of 2026
  
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• Belleville Legion Branch 99 to join national 100th anniversary celebrations

  03-07-2026 17:03 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Belleville Legion Branch 99 is joining national celebrations marking the Royal Canadian Legion’s 100 th anniversary.The national founding of the veterans’ group was on July 17, 1926, one year before Belleville opened its own Legion branch in 1927.After a large, loyal following down through the decades with up to 2,000 members some years, the Belleville Legion is still working to serve veterans and the community with a membership of more than 300, said Mike Benson, Branch 99 presiden
  
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• PECMH Foundation celebrates community impact, hospital progress and 40 years of giving

  03-07-2026 16:27 via intelligencer.ca
  
  WELLINGTON – The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital (PECMH) Foundation celebrated another successful year of philanthropy, community engagement, and progress toward a new hospital during its Annual Meeting held Thursday, June 25, at the Royal Canadian Legion in Wellington.During the meeting, Foundation leaders reflected on a year marked by generosity, major construction milestones, and continued investment in healthcare close to home.The Foundation reported that the community contribu
  
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• Putnam County Spelling Bee at Tweed and Company Theatre

  03-07-2026 15:42 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Something different by a company which has made its reputation doing just that (something different) is The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee being presented by the Tweed and Company Theatre.For openers, it is a U.S. show and that takes a little off, but the show remains enchanting with its lively and talented cast and challenging spelling words which offer brutal challenges to both cast members and volunteer audience members. The show drew solid crowds at the Actinolite Marble Arts Centre
  
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