Fort Thomas resident, Melissa Mayse was selected as one of ten finalists in a national makeover contest from Crocs. The “New Crocs, New You” wardrobe makeover contest grand prize winner will receive a trip to New York City for a wardrobe makeover with national style and beauty expert Jenn Falik, (that’s what she said), as […]
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Nixle System to End
Nixle, the service our police department was employing to alert citizens of real time emergency and ongoing legal situations is coming to an end. Without previous notice, the service sent the department and invoice of $3,000. Obviously ridiculous, but not surprising. We recently experienced a similar situation with our email blast list. Nixle was a […]
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Hey, “Chicken” People, Click Here
We’ve found the University of Kentucky, “Big Blue Nation” effect for website clicks: talk about backyard chickens. After our story entitled, “Chicken Story” became one of the most read stories on the site, which really didn’t shed any new or groundbreaking information and after the blog poll received more than double the amount of votes […]
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5 Things to Know About The Royal Wedding
Sorry for the tardiness, thought we had someone lined up for this week’s feature, but apparently not. I googled 5 Things to Know about the Royal Wedding, and this article came up. It’s pretty lazy, but then again, it’s Van Damme Friday, I worked a long week, just got done cutting the yard and I’m […]
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Facebook FTM update
Here’s a summary of what’s been going on over the last week at the Fort Thomas Matters Facebook page. If you haven’t yet joined, and are curious, check it out. We post “snapshot stories” that sometimes don’t have enough content to dedicate an entire post on the blog format. It’s also a great way to […]
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Happy Easter News and Views
Happy Easter everyone, just a quick post before Sunday Church Service. Had a discussion on our Facebook page (here) about the emergency sirens and the perceived frivolity on which the county lets them blare and why citizens on the south end of town didn’t hear them at all. Checked the city website, and I have […]
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NKy Rivermonsters Saturday Night
Two items we have covered rather extensively on Fort Thomas Matters are coming together tomorrow night. The River Monsters and The Terri Krebs Foundation (Mark Krebs’ mother) will be teaming up to raise money for cancer aid and research. Great cause, great event. via Drew Franklin at Kentucky Sports Radio: The Northern Kentucky River Monsters […]
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5 Things to Know About Your Dental Health
Michelle E. Story, D.M.D. 1227 S. Ft. Thomas Ave. Fort Thomas, KY 41075 www.storydentistry.com 859-572-6700 If you are like most people, a visit to the dentist isn’t at the top of your Fun Things To Do list. Dentistry gets a bad rap for being painful. The only problem is that the mouth pain most people […]
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Noah’s Ark Tuesday Notes
Really rain? Really? Enough already. – There are two Ft. Thomas connections hitting prime time TV, over the next few weeks. Tomorrow, Rachael Wagenlander, will be appearing on Modern Family at 9:00 on ABC. Rachael grew up in Fort Thomas and went to NCC. She’ll be playing “Gabby” who’s a friend of the older daughter […]
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Edible Arrangements to Newport Pavilion
Edible Arrangements has signage up and will be moving in between Monmouth Jewelers and the New China Buffet. I called the owners of the Edible Arrangements in the Ft. Thomas Plaza and they confirmed that they are in deed the same owners and will be moving from their old location. The puzzle pieces are coming […]
