Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson
Publishing date: Dec 30, 2020 • December 30, 2020 • 1 minute read
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Looking back through images from the year, it is hard to remember events that took place before March, when things changed.
Obviously, the images of the pandemic dominated my pictures of the year. Even images that had nothing to do with COVID-19 were influenced by the ongoing pandemic.
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Driven by the impact of the pandemic, global movements sought to correct historical inequities based on race and poverty. Kingston was not immune from those movements for racial and socio-economic equity.
Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson
Publishing date: Dec 29, 2020 • December 29, 2020 • 3 minute read Housing advocates stand on the steps of Kingston City Hall during a housing protest on Sept. 15. Photo by Elliot Ferguson /The Whig-Standard
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KINGSTON It may have upended the economy, but the COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t put much of a dent in record growth in the city’s housing construction market.
In 2019, the city’s building department processed more than 1,000 residential building permits, almost double the yearly average of about 590. Last year, 1,061 new residential units were added to the city’s housing stock.
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Author of the article: Meghan Balogh
Publishing date: Dec 28, 2020 • December 28, 2020 • 1 minute read
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As The Kingston Whig-Standard’s weekend reporter for the past three years, my collected photos of the year this time around reflect a world on pause, not so much in what they depict but in what they don’t.
In years past, my weekends have been packed with events and large gatherings of people doing the things they love, with the people they care about. This year, most of those events that usually populate my portfolio are missing.
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