Archive for Tommy Vallier
Best of 2011: For The Birds
Late last March we came across a group of local citizens who were encouraging Kingstonian’s to sign a petition to permit backyard chicken coups. Surprisingly, this issue was well received by City Council who passed a bylaw a few months later to make way for a pilot project. Although we haven’t jumped on the backyard [...]
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Hall Monitor: Going Live
Considering all of the extended, high-energy, high-impact council sessions we’ve seen lately, Tuesday night’s get-together was far more subdued and routine – but a lot got done in the hour and a half or so that council was in open session. First, as we reported yesterday, the by-laws to allow for the 18-month backyard hen [...]
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Hall Monitor: A Capital Plan!
This is the first of a series looking at our city council’s strategic planning sessions and the resulting document. At the time of this writing, neither the final draft nor the final strategic plan have been presented or approved by council. The information below is based on observations and drafts made available at the time [...]
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Hall Monitor: For The Birds
Council session Tuesday night had a large agenda and touched bits of the city small and large. From parking and projects to statements and sports, unless you had the agenda on-hand, I wouldn’t blame you in the slightest if you thought our elected officials had gone to the birds – which, given the amount of [...]
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Weekly Poll: How Do You Want Your Kingstonist?
I suppose a quick introduction is in order, since I don’t write very often. Hello, I’m Tommy – the web developer and code monkey who works behind the scenes to make sure all of the gears are lined up and the chains are well-oiled around the site. Essentially, if things are going well and you [...]
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Local Hashtags for Twitter
Lately there have been a lot of interesting and noteworthy events in and around Kingston, including Doors Open, the Teddy Bear Picnic, as well as the downtown sub-station fire. I’ve been following these events on Twitter, however keeping up with everything is next to impossible. This is owing to the fact that larger events utilize [...]
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Now, Take Your Kingstonist With You!
When we announced the other day that a big announcement was coming, a commenter had guessed that we were working on a mobile version of Kingstonist. Well – the announcement turned out to be the calendar, but we were hard at work on a mobile version, too! I’m excited to be announcing the test launch [...]
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Calendar Launch
So Kingstonist’s worst kept secret is out! I’m thrilled to officially announce the launch of the Kingstonist Events Calendar. Do you see it? No? Take a look on the right side of the screen and you’ll see a brief run down of current and upcoming events in the Limestone City. Click on any of these [...]
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The New Fare Box: Six Tips For Transit Riders
If you’re a Kingston Transit rider, you know that the summer months usually mean that the buses are less full and more on time thanks to a lack of students and good weather. While the lack of ridership is generally looked upon as a bad thing, Kingston Transit likes to use this slow period – [...]
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