Routledge Hall will provide additional dining room space to support the increased number of personnel at the base and the increasing food service demand from Garrison units.

This infrastructure is part of the Canada First Defence Strategy, which sets a detailed road map for the modernization of the Canadian Forces.

October 25th is the official election day to vote for a new Kingston Council, including a new Mayor. So who are you going to vote for? Visit www.KingstonEastNews.ca/vote and let us know. Voting is completely anonymous. Results will be revealed in the October issue of the paper.

Have you ever wondered where the “water” goes when you flush the toilet, drain the bathtub, or pull the plug in the sink? In Kingston East and the old part of Kingston, it goes down to the Ravensview Water Treatment Plant on Highway 2. It’s a state of the art facility that’s so technologically advanced, it sets new environmental and energy efficiency standards for water treatment plants in North America.

Like many wine regions of the world, Beaujolais in France has always made vin de l’année, a young wine to celebrate the end of harvest season. Fresh and juicy, these wines are a bold purple–pink colour and bursting with an amazing array of fruit aromas, while their low tannin levels make them extremely–sometimes perilously–drinkable when young.

Staff at the Kingston Area Recycling Centre recently mused on ways to reduce curbside garbage and one of the suggestions made was to require that garbage be put out at the curb in clear plastic bags so that any recyclables and compostables in the bag that were being sent to landfill could be seen and the bag rejected for pickup

According to Jeff Hook and Viktoria Koganova, the event organizers, “This event is different, because it is so accessible to the public. Many events like this can be expensive” says Hook. “We wanted to make the admission fee low so everyone could attend and get the experience of tasting local wines. This is the only event that highlights just local wines.”

With time running out before a vote is taken on Sept. 7 on a controversial report recommending major development in Barriefield, City Council voted last night to adjourn rather than sit beyond 11 pm to discuss this and other important issues on their agenda.

“This is just the latest in a series of moves that have prevented public discussion of the future of Barriefield Village as a heritage site,” said Christine Sypnowich, Vice-Chair of the Barriefield Village Association (BVA).
“The whole process has been unfair from the beginning.