By Pat LaFleur, FortThomasMatters.com City Beat Last week, I reported on HHS’s surprising absence from the most recent US News & World Report rankings of public high schools across the U.S. Broadly, the rankings evaluated a public high school’s success at meeting its state’s proficiency standards and college preparedness goals. In an email last week […]
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Damme Van, It’s Monday?
– The good news? The Cinco de Mayo Bash at Anita’s Mexican Grill hosted by Fort Thomas Matters was an unabashed success. The place was absolutely full. There was a wait to get in almost all night. The drinks were flowing, the food was amazing and The Carter New Band sponsored by Tristate Fireworks were […]
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Giving Til It Hurts
Jennifer Lynn, Owner at Fit Philosophie, routinely tells her clients that “the pain they feel today will be the strength they feel tomorrow.” I may be paraphrasing her in a sense because when she utters these positive workout platitudes, I’m either wiping sweat from my eyes or trying my best to keep my legs from […]
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Cinco de Mayo Day Bash this Sunday at Anita’s
The Carter New Band will be headlining the Cinco de Mayo Bash at Anita’s. Brought to you by Tristate Fireworks. If you are a frequenter of our Facebook page (why haven’t you liked us yet?) this is old news, but Anita’s owner, Pedro Meza, is going all out for Cinco de Mayo this Sunday, May 5th. If you […]
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Why Highlands Was Left Out of 2013 State Rankings
By Pat Lafleur, FortThomasMatters City Beat Last Friday NKY.com reported the U.S. News & World Report had released its top 10 best public high schools in the state, ranked for meeting state proficiency standards and college preparedness goals. Two NKY public high schools made KY’s top 10 – Beechwood (6) and Ryle (9) – but […]
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FortThomasMatters.com 1000th Post (Big News)
And the big news is… We are moving into print! I am taking the Editor position at The Fort Thomas Living Magazine and the FTM brain-trust will move a majority of the content you read here on a daily basis to the monthly magazine that has been an institution in our community since 1977. And it […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday: Fort Thomas Fun Fact Edition
There will actually be 2 posts today. This is FortThomasMatters.com’s 999th post, which inevitably leads to a big milestone in our website’s history: the 1000th post. We’ve been holding back BIG NEWS for this milestone post, which has almost leapt out of me more than a few times. Post 1000 will publish at noon today. […]
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Alt. Rte. (New FortThomasMatters.com Feature Column)
Alt. Rte. By Pat Lafleur, FortThomasMatters.com City Beat It’s no secret that Greater Cincinnati/Northern KY is a region driven almost exclusively by the automobile. But, there is another way! Many other ways! Alt. Rte. is a new, recurring feature on FTM that will explore what it means to live in and commute through Northern Kentucky […]
