Belleville

BELLEVILLE – This Sunday, Oct. 20, Belleville will come alive with the vibrant colours and sounds of Diwali, as the annual celebration takes centre stage at Market Square and the surrounding area.

A new, revised site plan for the 500 block of Main Street looks a lot different than the original plan for Belleville Main LLC approved last June by the Belleville Planning Commission.

BELLEVILLE – Belleville city council voted Monday to allow a retail marijuana shop in the city if the province gives the go-ahead.

BELLEVILLE – Longtime musicians and Eric Baragar and Michael Goettler have witnessed Belleville’s music scene go through peaks and valleys over their almost five decade-long tenure producing music from the Quinte region.

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School girls soccer team, under head coach Beth Ann Garrett, is enjoying a nice season.

The Belleville Area District Library board is setting up a schedule to celebrate its new building, now under construction in downtown Belleville – thanks to the approval of taxpayers.

BELLEVILLE – A two-month investigation has led to six drug-related arrests in the west end of Belleville.

Loria read a prepared statement: “Thank you so much to the Belleville Area Council for the Arts for purchasing and donating the wonderful ‘Hands Held High’ sculpture to the City of Belleville.

The Belleville Rotary Club Cozadd Foundation voted to award $50,000 to the Belleville Area District Library in exchange for the naming right of the 100-person meeting room in the new library now under construction.

In fiction, the 2001 animated feature Les Triplettes de Belleville ( The Triplets of Belleville ) ties into the Tour de France.

At Mount Olivet Cemetery, another five WWII casualties, from Belleville, had their markers cleaned.

Chief McInally said they had assistance from fire departments in the cities of Belleville and Romulus, along with Sumpter, Canton, and Pittsfield townships.

Christopher Destin of 27 Hastings Park Drive told Belleville’s Planning Advisory Committee’s public input portion of its Monday meeting he was satisfied his neighbourhood would not become a through road.

Continuing a tradition started by late member John Wolfie, the Queen of Peace Knights of Columbus presented a $200 Visa gift card to the parents of the first baby born on Oct. 12, the traditional Columbus Day, at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville.

Dozens of subsequent stories were pursued, thanks to a savvy and dogged investigative reporter, the Belleville News DemocratMarilyn Vise, who patiently found still-timid survivors and gently urged them to speak up and tell their stories.

He said a student from Detroit said Crowell gave him rides to Belleville football practices, but then recanted his story.

It was the first time this season Forsberg had started back-to-back games, with recalled from Belleville to dress as backup.

Later in the stanza, Belleville evened the score at the 9:24 mark as Jake Lucchini found the back of the net with a beautifully placed shot on the man advantage to force extra time.

Ottawa, Belleville and Kingston registered some of the worst air pollution levels in the country, maxing out the air quality index at very high risk.

Pathways School is a member of the Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative.