All Posts Tagged With: "recycling"
Menchies: Got Recycling?
I’ll be the first to admit to being sucked into the froyo frenzy – I feel a lot better knowing I’m savoring nonfat soft serve topped with my signature choice of strawberries and yogurt covered pretzels as oppose to sitting on the couch with a bucket of Haagen-Dazs. Not to mention, I’m a stone-throw away [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge #73: Spring Thaw Clean Up
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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City To Give Away Additional Blue Boxes
Starting Monday, Dec. 3, every Kingston residential household can get another Blue Box for free. “Kingstonians are recycling more than ever, so they may need another Blue Box,” says John Giles, Manager of Solid Waste. “Blue Box items can be bulky. This giveaway is meant for those households who could use an extra Box to [...]
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Hall Monitor: Speedy Resolution
Last night, council got together for a very quick meeting number 27-2012. I say quick because had we started on time, we would have just about been out at 9:00 – there must have been some sort of other political event going on that everyone wanted to get home for. The city has posted the [...]
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Mayor Announces ‘As Mayor I Would…’ Challenge
Grade 10 students encouraged to create submissions and think about municipal issues As part of Local Government Week Mayor Mark Gerretsen visited two Grade 10 civics classes at Bayridge Secondary School this morning to meet with students and answer their questions. The mayor also announced the ‘As Mayor I would…’ challenge, an opportunity open to [...]
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Weekly Poll: Achieving One-Bag Per Household
Starting the week of September 10th, local households will only be permitted to place one bag of garbage out for curbside pickup (exceptionally two bags are allowed immediately following New Year’s Day, Victoria Day and Labour Day). Each additional bag will require a $2 bag tag, which you can conveniently purchase online via the City [...]
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Hall Monitor: House of Cards
You know, council in the summer is interesting. The meetings are less frequent, just as long… and people are hot and wanting to go home. This was just as clear in last night’s meeting 18-2012 as ever. You can find the agenda and addeds on the city’s website. The meeting got off to a pretty quick [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 33: Opt Out of the Phone Book
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 24: Waste Management
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Hall Monitor: Making Room on the Patio
Once again, our elected officials took to the halls of city hall for meeting 12-2012 of Kingston City Council. You can find the agenda and addeds from last night on the city’s website. Ah, spring. The season of birds, the season of flowers, and the time of the year when people begin looking forward to summer [...]
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