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Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Been living in and loving Kingston and area (including Westport) for 30? years. Avid hiker, foodie, music lover with a heart for the disadvantaged, especially those caught in or escaping human trafficking. Owner of Results Pathfinder which helps the smallest business owners with their marketing, and the Best Eats Ontario East blog and newsletter.

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🔦 November 12, 2026 ⚓ Protecting Lake Ontario's Shipwrecks 🐕 A New Therapy Dog 🧸 Empties for Christmas 🗓️ Events & More

Nov 12, 2026

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🔦 November 12, 2026 ⚓ Protecting Lake Ontario's Shipwrecks 🐕 A New Therapy Dog 🧸 Empties for Christmas 🗓️ Events & More

Shipwrecks on our cover | Local News: MADD volunteers • Matthew Perry House • Lake Ontario marine area • City committees • Holiday Passport | Community Champions: Venus Family Toy Box • Faith the facility dog • Rotary's 29 years • Bruce Hutchinson • 875 snowsuits | Events: Daring to Share • Rotary auction • QBACC gala • Toy drive • Festive Friday • Service awards • Holiday Market • Hockey for the homeless • Youth eco-art • Sandy Pines market • Plein air • Journal workshop • Basketeers • GovFest

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 November 9, 2026 🎖️ Lest We Forget 🫓 Spicebros’ Six-Year Road 🎬 Netflix Films Downtown 🗓️ Events & More

Nov 9, 2026

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16 min read

🔦 November 9, 2026 🎖️ Lest We Forget 🫓 Spicebros’ Six-Year Road 🎬 Netflix Films Downtown 🗓️ Events & More

Lest we forget | Local Spotlight: Spicebros on Gardiners Road | Local News: Tamworth’s veteran banners • Netflix downtown • Ryandale’s plan • Leaf pickup • Crossing guards | Community Champions: 500 knitted poppies • Rose and Crown’s new owners • McKenna’s Napanee coach • $200,000 for two charities • A bowler in Australia | Events: Rotary auction • Remembrance services • Steve G • Daring to Share • Nature walk • Teen AI talk • Merry Little Main St. • Indigenous Knowledge Symposium • DIY tattoos

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Local Business

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🫓 Spicebros Kingston: Fresh Naan, Familiar and New Bowls and Wraps, and Good Neighbours

Nov 6, 2026

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🫓 Spicebros Kingston: Fresh Naan, Familiar and New Bowls and Wraps, and Good Neighbours

Devinder Singh and Harish Mahey waited six years to bring Spicebros to Gardiners Road. Meet the owners, the fresh naan, and their plan to feed local causes.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 November 5, 2026 🌺 100,000 Poppies ❄️ Snow Angels Wanted 🍲 100 Meals for Firefighters 🎖️ A Soldier's Bench 🗓️ Events & More

Nov 5, 2026

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🔦 November 5, 2026 🌺 100,000 Poppies ❄️ Snow Angels Wanted 🍲 100 Meals for Firefighters 🎖️ A Soldier's Bench 🗓️ Events & More

Local News: Snow Angels wanted • 100,000 poppies • Free flu, COVID and RSV shots • KHSC wants your input | Community Champions: 100 meals for firefighters • Capt. Dawe's bench • 65 names for the Book of Remembrance • A building offer for Feed the People • Free books for Napanee kids | Events: Daring to Share • Cantabile • Market for Africa • Handloom sale • Frontenacs Salute to Service • Girls Night Out • Lagoon birding • Judgement of Kingston • Indigenous Veterans Day meal • Merry Makers Market

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 November 2, 2026 🧸 Toys for Tickets 🐢 78 Baby Turtles 🍺 Tir Nan Og's Last Call 📺 Rick Campanelli at the Tett 🗓️ Events & More

Nov 2, 2026

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🔦 November 2, 2026 🧸 Toys for Tickets 🐢 78 Baby Turtles 🍺 Tir Nan Og's Last Call 📺 Rick Campanelli at the Tett 🗓️ Events & More

Local News: Toys for Tickets returns • One more hazardous waste drop-off • Up to $4,000 for young leaders • Tir Nan Og's last call | Community Champions: Ryandale residents get homes of their own • A son's theatre fund for his mom • Soulful Sips at Providence Care • 78 baby turtles rescued | Events: Tempted with Campanelli and Welychka • Daring to Share forum • Mike Allen Trio • Fallen Soldiers tour • Wine, Wills and Wealth • Talk Treaty to Me • HPV Test Fest • PhDs for the Public • Diwali Mela

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 October 29, 2026 🎃 Kingston Halloween Houses Mapped 🔑 Two Michelin Keys 🏛️ Light Up City Hall 🎸 The Buckle Seeks an Owner 🗓️ Events & More

Oct 29, 2026

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🔦 October 29, 2026 🎃 Kingston Halloween Houses Mapped 🔑 Two Michelin Keys 🏛️ Light Up City Hall 🎸 The Buckle Seeks an Owner 🗓️ Events & More

Local Spotlight: Kingston's Halloween houses, mapped | Local News: Light up City Hall • Two Michelin Keys • The Buckle seeks an owner • Seniors Centre Session 2 | Community Champions: Blood for Wainwright • NEO Clinic award • Remembering Roger Bainbridge • Treat Accessibly Village | Events: CLKD Connects • Top Cap Improv • Older Adults Fair • Friday Night Fright • Night market • Wilson Manor • Tett After Dark • Halloween Hunt • Orchestra Kingston • Special Olympics game

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Local Picks

🎃 Kingston & Area Halloween Houses 2026: Your Picks to Drive By (Some Invite You In!)

Oct 26, 2026

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🎃 Kingston & Area Halloween Houses 2026: Your Picks to Drive By (Some Invite You In!)

Readers named their favourite decorated homes around Kingston, plus two haunted houses you can walk through.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 October 26, 2026 🗳️ Vote Today 🧠 New Alzheimer's Treatments 🎓 3,600 Queen's Seats 🎗️ A Frontenac's Cancer Cause 🗓️ Events & More

Oct 26, 2026

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🔦 October 26, 2026 🗳️ Vote Today 🧠 New Alzheimer's Treatments 🎓 3,600 Queen's Seats 🎗️ A Frontenac's Cancer Cause 🗓️ Events & More

Polls are open: it's election day | Local News: New Alzheimer's treatments • $104M for 3,600 Queen's seats • Front Road back to four lanes • Downtown survey | Community Champions: Landon Wright helps cancer patients • A para-triathlon silver • Mohawk hoodies • 350 trees at Lemoine | Events: Barbara Coloroso • PA Day fun • Halloween at the museum • Talks With Docs • AI for fundraising • BRA Day • Salt Symposium • Organ donation • Sips & Spirits • McDonald's Day • Halloween job fair

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 October 22, 2026 📖 The Name in the Stone 🛒 A Second Walmart ♻️ Last Giveaway Day 🏒 Hockey Junk Haul 🗓️ Events & More

Oct 22, 2026

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14 min read

🔦 October 22, 2026 📖 The Name in the Stone 🛒 A Second Walmart ♻️ Last Giveaway Day 🏒 Hockey Junk Haul 🗓️ Events & More

Halloween on Coverdale Drive | Local News: The Name in the Stone • Second Walmart • Last Giveaway Day • Fruition’s bumper pumpkins | Community Champions: Sandy Pines volunteers • Kingston Basketeers • Will Babcock to Team Canada • Free hockey from naming rights | Events: Great Kingston Stories • Spooky Crafternoon • The Death of Me • Gem Storm • Waterfowl Prowl • Foraging • Halloween masks • Puzzle Swap • Hurricanes junk haul • Islamic Centre open house • Witch Dance • Sandy Pines jewellery sale

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 October 19, 2026 🎤 Bill Welychka's Perfect Circle 🩺 10 New Family Doctors 🏈 Gaels Tackle Hunger 🗓️ Events & More

Oct 19, 2026

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10 min read

🔦 October 19, 2026 🎤 Bill Welychka's Perfect Circle 🩺 10 New Family Doctors 🏈 Gaels Tackle Hunger 🗓️ Events & More

Local Spotlight: Bill Welychka's perfect circle, from MuchMusic to Lionhearts | Local News: 10 new family doctors in 2026 • Cataraqui West park info session • Coats for Community drive • Providence Care's Transitions Home | Community Champions: $50,000 for heart research • Gaels tackle hunger • Grayson Cup's $52,000 • Barb Fabius's 25 years | Events: The Art of Thrifting • Online gambling talk • Girls' Night Out • Lock & Kee • Pre-Confederation beer • Rotary pickleball

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Spotlight

🎙️ From MuchMusic to CKWS to Lionhearts: Turning the Camera on Bill Welychka

Oct 17, 2026

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🎙️ From MuchMusic to CKWS to Lionhearts: Turning the Camera on Bill Welychka

He has interviewed Led Zeppelin, Prince and The Hip. Now he shares stories about the volunteers and donors at Kingston's Lionhearts.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 October 15, 2026 👋 "Wave to Everybody, Joyce": Joyce MacLeod-Kane's Road to the Ballot 🏒 Centre 70 Reopens 🍲 15,000 Meals on the Street 🗓️ Events & More

Oct 15, 2026

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🔦 October 15, 2026 👋 "Wave to Everybody, Joyce": Joyce MacLeod-Kane's Road to the Ballot 🏒 Centre 70 Reopens 🍲 15,000 Meals on the Street 🗓️ Events & More

Local Spotlight: Joyce MacLeod-Kane, a reeve's daughter who found her way to the ballot | Local News: Const. Jeff Smith on the mend • Flu and COVID shots for all October 26 • Centre 70 reopens • Creekside Valley Park opens | Community Champions: Lunch by George's 15,000 meals • Mason Golf's $25,000 • Don Amos honoured • $13,330 for hospice | Events: Square Foot Show • Zombie Walk • Alien Invaders • Hollow's Eve • Women Entrepreneurs' Expo • Lemoine birding • Nature sing-along • Harvest Social

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Community Champions

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👋 "Wave to Everybody, Joyce": How a Reeve's Daughter Found Her Way to the Ballot

Oct 14, 2026

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8 min read

👋 "Wave to Everybody, Joyce": How a Reeve's Daughter Found Her Way to the Ballot

From a Glengarry dairy farm to the wheel of a Kingston Access Bus, meet the LDSB trustee candidate for Countryside, Kingscourt-Rideau & Williamsville

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Spotlight Feature

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🔦 Tracey Graves: Volunteer, Fundraiser, Force of Nature | Feature Spotlight

Oct 14, 2026

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🔦 Tracey Graves: Volunteer, Fundraiser, Force of Nature | Feature Spotlight

The volunteer who turns every passion into purpose, and every setback into service.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 October 12, 2026 🦃 Happy Thanksgiving 🦁 Lionhearts $70K Match 🗳️ Online Voting Opens 🎖️ Kingston's New Army Role 🗓️ Events & More

Oct 12, 2026

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🔦 October 12, 2026 🦃 Happy Thanksgiving 🦁 Lionhearts $70K Match 🗳️ Online Voting Opens 🎖️ Kingston's New Army Role 🗓️ Events & More

Happy Thanksgiving, and thanks to all who feed neighbours | Local News: Kingston's new Army Support Division • Online voting opens October 14 • Ticks are still out • Three October heritage months | Community Champions: Casey Kidson races for Canada • Lionhearts $70K match • Accessibility Awards extended • Queen's student volunteers | Events: Social prescribing talk • Tett Tuesday collage • Newfoundland Songbook • Winter crows • Pathways of Hope suicide prevention day • Bridges Out of Poverty

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 October 8, 2026 🍂 Fall Trails at Frontenac Park ⛴️ Horne's Ferry Could Return 🏥 HART Hub Opens 📸 Rideau Heights Photo Contest 🗓️ Events & More

Oct 8, 2026

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🔦 October 8, 2026 🍂 Fall Trails at Frontenac Park ⛴️ Horne's Ferry Could Return 🏥 HART Hub Opens 📸 Rideau Heights Photo Contest 🗓️ Events & More

Fall colours on the trails at Frontenac Provincial Park | Local News: Fire Prevention Week battery tips • Horne's Ferry could return • Idling limit reminder • HART Hub opens | Community Champions: 4 Paws needs puppy raisers • Kidney Walk tops $32K • Robinson Farm volunteers • Liam Desré's EU science prize | Events: Rideau Heights photo contest • 80+ licence session • Forest therapy walk • Night sky tour • Practical Magic • Bird Day • Free veggie market • Monster trucks • Craft Lab Sundays

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 October 5, 2026 🎓 Brandon Tozzo Came for School, Stayed for Kingston 📚 A $25M Gift for Queen's Students 🤿 Divers Haul 29 Tires From the Lake 🗓️ Events & More

Oct 5, 2026

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🔦 October 5, 2026 🎓 Brandon Tozzo Came for School, Stayed for Kingston 📚 A $25M Gift for Queen's Students 🤿 Divers Haul 29 Tires From the Lake 🗓️ Events & More

Local Spotlight: Brandon Tozzo, Kingscourt-Rideau councillor, came for school and stayed | Local News: A $25M Queen’s tuition award • New breast MRI • Limestone EQAO gains • “Consonance” public art | Community Champions: Divers haul 1,020 lb • Tipi Moza honoured • The Blessings Cart • Rallying for the Whaleys | Events: Rideau Heights photos • The Art of Visiting • Fall walk • Murder at the Golden Gala • Pumpkin bouquets • Her Wealth, Her Way • Lionhearts market • Loud for Libraries • Fort Fright

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Community Champions

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🎓 Brandon Tozzo Came for School, Stayed for Kingston and the City Got a Councillor

Oct 1, 2026

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🎓 Brandon Tozzo Came for School, Stayed for Kingston and the City Got a Councillor

He did his PhD at Queen's, set down roots in Kingscourt-Rideau, and has knocked on doors there almost nonstop since 2022.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 October 1, 2026 🏠 Kevin Smith, From a Tent to the Housing Committee 🧺 A Market for the Prison for Women 🏃 Howe Island Runs for Terry Fox 🗓️ Events & More

Oct 1, 2026

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🔦 October 1, 2026 🏠 Kevin Smith, From a Tent to the Housing Committee 🧺 A Market for the Prison for Women 🏃 Howe Island Runs for Terry Fox 🗓️ Events & More

Glenburnie Grocery’s mums and pumpkins | Local Spotlight: Kevin Smith, from a tent to the City’s housing committee | Local News: A market for the old Prison for Women • Visitors spent $538.9M • Check your voter registration • Free caregiver groups | Community Champions: Howe Island raises $51,628 for Terry Fox • Sustainable Kingston Awards • Peter Katz • Kirk Muller | Events: Evening with the Harp • Willem Sagriff’s 100 km • Silent films • Studio Tour • Cha Cha Tea at 20 • A packed Saturday

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Community Champions

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🏠 From a Tent in November to Kingston's Housing Committee and a Council Run: Kevin Smith

Sep 28, 2026

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🏠 From a Tent in November to Kingston's Housing Committee and a Council Run: Kevin Smith

He co-wrote a song about homelessness, joined the City's housing committee, and is now on the ballot in Kingscourt-Rideau.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔦 September 28, 2026 🪶 LodgePole Arts Alliance Dreams Big at Lemoine 📚 WritersFest Week 🧡 Truth and Reconciliation Day 🌙 Islamic History Month 🗓️ Events & More

Sep 28, 2026

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🔦 September 28, 2026 🪶 LodgePole Arts Alliance Dreams Big at Lemoine 📚 WritersFest Week 🧡 Truth and Reconciliation Day 🌙 Islamic History Month 🗓️ Events & More

Local Spotlight: who LodgePole Arts Alliance is, and its Indigenous-led vision for Lemoine Point Farm | Local News: Standing together after the Belleville synagogue attack • Islamic History Month turns 20 • KFPL survey closes Wednesday | Community Champions: Terry Fox runs raise big • Paddleboarders raise nearly $17,000 for Maltby • Kahwá:tsire moves into Providence Village | Events: Truth and Reconciliation Day • Kingston WritersFest, day by day • Forman Farms pumpkin smash

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Community Champions

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🪶 Who Is LodgePole Arts Alliance? The Indigenous Arts Charity Dreaming Big at Lemoine Point

Sep 26, 2026

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🪶 Who Is LodgePole Arts Alliance? The Indigenous Arts Charity Dreaming Big at Lemoine Point

A national, Indigenous-led charity based in Kingston hopes to buy Lemoine Point Farm from the City and turn it into a land-based arts centre. Meet the people behind the plan, and see what they're already doing.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🔧 Michael Judd: Kingston's Ultra Advocate 🏥 $103K MRI Upgrade 🍂 Brush Pickup Map Changed 🧸 Dolls Built to Include 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 September 24, 2026

Sep 24, 2026

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🔧 Michael Judd: Kingston's Ultra Advocate 🏥 $103K MRI Upgrade 🍂 Brush Pickup Map Changed 🧸 Dolls Built to Include 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 September 24, 2026

Local Spotlight: Michael Judd, half a million in quiet aid and a rescued boat | Local News: $103K AI upgrade for KHSC's MRI • 2026 voter sticker • Brush and leaf pickup map changed | Community Champions: Vow renewal funds Kingston4Paws • Inclusive dolls funded by Awesome Kingston • Providence Care's kind heart | Events: Art After Dark • Royal Society Symposium • Amherst Island Drum Circle • Wheels on the Runway • My Dear Theo • Cataraqui Hike Challenge

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Community Champions

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🔧 Plenty of People Know Michael Judd. Few Know How Much He Has Done for Kingston.

Sep 22, 2026

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🔧 Plenty of People Know Michael Judd. Few Know How Much He Has Done for Kingston.

He helped change Ontario's loyalty points law, got a petition read into the Legislature, brought tonnes of donated food to Kingston and earned a Coronation Medal along the way.

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

Newsletter

🦷 This Hygienist Makes House Calls 🦋 811 Species in a Day 🎣 Worms & Kindness 📚 WritersFest Is Almost Here 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 September 21, 2026

Sep 21, 2026

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🦷 This Hygienist Makes House Calls 🦋 811 Species in a Day 🎣 Worms & Kindness 📚 WritersFest Is Almost Here 🗓️ Events & More 🔦 September 21, 2026

Local Spotlight: DoorStep Dental brings the hygienist to your door | Local News: The Compassion Clinic's sliding-scale care • The Isabel's 12th season • 811 species at the KFN BioBlitz | Community Champions: Kingston Food Help, a free food directory • $100K from Hyundai Hope on Wheels for kids' cancer research • Worms and kindness at Kingston Mills | Events: Kingston WritersFest is almost here • Fitness Frenzy • Pay Attention! at the Tett • Hannibal Buress • Chili Fest • The Grey Fox • and more

Les C. Cseh
Les C. Cseh

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