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Jun 15, 2026

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8 min read

🔦 Pride, Pints, and a Picture-Perfect Day From Fort Henry. Plus a 15-Year-Old Sailing Champion and a Mayor for a Day | June 15, 2026

A perfect summer day from Fort Henry at the YGK Craft Beerfest on Pride day | Local News: Free sport gear in 30 Kingston parks • One Grade 5 student can be Mayor for a Day | Community Champions: Will Keilty, 15, first Canadian to win an Optimist sailing title • Great Lakes Museum named Ontario's top small museum • Police Community Volunteers mark 30 years | Events: Walter Fenlon's celebration of life • National Indigenous Peoples Day • Movies in the Square • Artfest • Epilepsy fire-truck pull

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 11, 2026

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8 min read

🔦 LCBO's Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story. Also: $1.25M for Kingston's ER and Soccer Gold | June 11, 2026

LCBO's Ben Walmsley turns every tasting into a story, and he sat down with us | Stephen Sorensen donates $1.25M to Kingston's ER, plus a Climate Summit tour through two remarkable gardens | Liam Desre wins Canada's top science prize for his dark energy theory, 120 nurses mark 130 years of KGH Nurses' Alumnae, and Holy Cross takes KASSAA gold | YGK Craft Beer Fest at Fort Henry June 13, Brain Tumour Walk with SuperKid Jackson Giddy June 21, plus Ironwood Fantasy Fair at The Spire in August

Les C. Cseh

Local Business

🍸 History in a Glass: Kingston LCBO’s Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story You Won't Forget

Jun 10, 2026

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9 min read

🍸 History in a Glass: Kingston LCBO’s Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story You Won't Forget

Every Friday and Saturday, the Midland Avenue LCBO pours free premium wine and spirits tastings. Ben Walmsley is a Kingston-born history nerd who can turn every sip into a story worth hearing.

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 8, 2026

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8 min read

🔦 Free AC for Kingston Seniors. Plus the Sisters of Providence Give Away History, Exercise Beats Cancer + Events | June 8, 2026

Free A/C units for low-income Kingston seniors, apply by June 10, and we just took Canada's #1 small-city startup crown for the 7th year straight | The Sisters of Providence gift historic Providence Manor for housing, a Queen's and KHSC study shows exercise fights colon cancer and cuts costs, and Lunch by George moves to St. Lawrence College | Market season is here, plus the Diversity Dinner, the first Mabuhay Festival, the Sandra Davison golf classic, free Rideau lockage, and Makers at the Mill

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 4, 2026

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7 min read

🔦 The Blackout Was Worth It for the Stars. Plus Smile Cookies, School Food Heroes, and 19 Years of Play It Again Sports | June 4, 2026

Kingston went dark on May 16 and the stars came out — here's the photo to prove it | Linda and Warren Cavalier are retiring after 19 years at Play It Again Sports, and Kingston wants your vote on the city's best new spaces | A documentary about school food got a standing ovation, KHSC named its Exceptional Healers, and Smile Cookies raised a Kingston-record $232,286 for an inclusive playground | Day of Caring Friday, Red Canoefest and Italia Day Saturday and Sunday, Kingston Pride June 13, Skeleton Park June 19–21, and Princess Street Promenade June 20

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

Jun 1, 2026

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7 min read

🔦 Why So Many Lilacs in Kingston? Plus Canada's First Robot-Built Neighbourhood and More | June 1, 2026

Why Kingston has so many lilacs, and they inspired Lucy DeSousa to paint them | Canada built its first robotic neighbourhood in Gananoque, and Kingston moves to protect a historic Pen-era house | Threads of Hope has quietly served 1,000 Kingstonians for five years, City Hall got hearing loops, and Ryandale wins the Awesome Kingston microgrant | Library reopening, butterfly release, Cantabile at the Isabel, Very Heaven, carwash for Martha's Table, waterfront giveaway closing June 3

Les C. Cseh

Spotlight Feature

May 31, 2026

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5 min read

🌸💜 Why So Many Lilacs in the Kingston Area? (And the Best Spots)

Those massive lilac groves you see (and smell) all over the Kingston area didn't grow wild. Here's the surprisingly good story behind them, what early settlers used them for, and the best spots to find them.

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

May 28, 2026

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6 min read

🔦 He Pulled Off a Miracle in Year One. Line Spike Year Two Is Here | Plus 2 News, 3 Community Wins, 5 Events | May 28, 2026

Line Spike Frontenac is back for Year Two: 18 all-Canadian acts, a natural amphitheatre in Harrowsmith, and a story worth reading | Kingston's $9M automotive tech hub just launched, and council backs an indoor sports dome | Limestone students swept Skills Ontario medals, a Kingston musician opened a pay-less grocery store, and OLS built an off-grid radio network for unhoused residents | Keewatin, Napanee Pride, Ten Thousand Villages, Sydenham Street Commons, and Katarokwi all open this weekend

Les C. Cseh

Local Business

May 27, 2026

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8 min read

🎸 Line Spike Frontenac 2026: The Kingston-Area Music Festival That Refuses to Be Stopped

18 Canadian acts, a hay field turned concert grounds in Harrowsmith, and a promoter who bet everything on the power of positivity. June 27-28 2026: the early chapters of what just might become Canada's most beloved music festival.

Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

May 25, 2026

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5 min read

🔦 Turtles Are Nesting. 8,500 Kingstonians Could Be Getting a Family Doctor + More | May 25, 2026

A wild turkey showed up with full plumage and zero chill | 8,500 Kingstonians could soon have a family doctor, and Kingston's 911 just went fully digital | Keith and Dev are road-tripping Canada for Home Hardware, and Kingston's new Business Person of the Year works in AI | Every dollar from the Lviv Ukraine Folklore Festival goes directly to Ukraine. Kingston showing up matters more than you think. Plus Turtle Awareness Day, Kilometres for Kids, and a teachers' charity golf tournament

Les C. Cseh

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

🔦 Pride, Pints, and a Picture-Perfect Day From Fort Henry. Plus a 15-Year-Old Sailing Champion and a Mayor for a Day | June 15, 2026

🔦 LCBO's Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story. Also: $1.25M for Kingston's ER and Soccer Gold | June 11, 2026

🍸 History in a Glass: Kingston LCBO’s Ben Walmsley Turns Every Tasting Into a Story You Won't Forget

🔦 Free AC for Kingston Seniors. Plus the Sisters of Providence Give Away History, Exercise Beats Cancer + Events | June 8, 2026

🔦 The Blackout Was Worth It for the Stars. Plus Smile Cookies, School Food Heroes, and 19 Years of Play It Again Sports | June 4, 2026

🔦 Why So Many Lilacs in Kingston? Plus Canada's First Robot-Built Neighbourhood and More | June 1, 2026

🌸💜 Why So Many Lilacs in the Kingston Area? (And the Best Spots)

🔦 He Pulled Off a Miracle in Year One. Line Spike Year Two Is Here | Plus 2 News, 3 Community Wins, 5 Events | May 28, 2026

🎸 Line Spike Frontenac 2026: The Kingston-Area Music Festival That Refuses to Be Stopped

🔦 Turtles Are Nesting. 8,500 Kingstonians Could Be Getting a Family Doctor + More | May 25, 2026

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