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Contest: Help Make Kingstonist Better
It’s been a slow news day, and that has allowed me to catch my breath and briefly mull over some of the recent changes to the site, as well as the way ahead for Kingstonist. From day one, we wanted Kingstonist to be community-driven, including but not limited to content and the resulting conversation. Thus [...]
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Kingstonist Events Calendar Re-Launched!
Once upon a time, Kingstonist unveiled a popular application for keeping up to date with the goings on in and around the Limestone City. Our calendar listed community events in areas such as: music, art, theatre, sports, academia, the environment and much, much more! But in the wake of our massive anniversary/birthday re-design, we royally [...]
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Junior – A New Kingstonista
A couple of weeks ago I got to thinking a bit about my adopted home and it prompted me to post some thoughts here. Very shortly thereafter by the magic of the intertubes I had received links from local blogs: Kingstonist, and K7 Waterfront, thus generating far more traffic than I probably deserved. Fast forward [...]
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Top 5 Posts from 2008
Although this may instantaneously get lost in the sea of ‘Best of…’ and ‘Top 10′ lists from 2008, it’s that time of year where the Kingstonist team is reflecting on our latest trip around the sun. As Kingstonist gears up to celebrate its first birthday in less than two months from now, today’s post features [...]
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Holiday Caption Contest Winner
Due to the ongoing pounding of Snowmaggedon, and the general ridiculousness of the silly season, we are a bit late in announcing the winner of our Holiday Caption Contest. It gives me great pleasure to announce that barbj8′s comment: “the children grew despondent, realizing that the stranger they had sent for cappucinno was never coming [...]
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Where in Kingston – Solved!
I’m pleased to announce that Hiero has brought Kingstonist’s “Where in Kingston” question to a glorious end, by correctly identifying our pixelated representations of “Pollution”, a sculpture located in the waterfront park across from Kingston General Hospital . In case this is your first introduction to this piece of public art, Pollution was unveiled in [...]
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Where in Kingston?
Welcome back to the second episode of “Where in Kingston”, Kingstonist’s newest contest that gives a little something back to our loyal readers (that’s you). In case you missed the introductory post , the rules are simple. Study the the photograph above, and identify what “it” is as well as where “it” is located in [...]
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Where in Kingston?
As promised, tonight we’re launching Kingstonist’s new contest titled “Where in Kingston .” We decided to run with this type of contest based upon the positive feedback it received from our loyal readers in late September. The rules are simple. Identify what is pictured in the photograph above, and where “it” is located in Kingston. [...]
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You’re the Next Contest-ant
Last June, we gave away a pair of tickets for the Confederation Trolley Tour as a part of our regular comment contests. We’d been holding these contests for a few months to reward readers with prizes including gift certificates to locally owned businesses and restaurants. These competitions were a quick and easy way for us [...]
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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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