1) Just a few quick Sunday morning links to piggy back on Darrin’s last post. I can visualize plans better with real landmarks, so if you’re like me this will help. Click here for an aerial shot. 2) Just a quick reminder, you’ve got a little over a week to sign up at the Y […]
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#snOMG 1.3
So apparently this has been the 6th most snow this area had seen before this version of White Death. Up until today at about 2:00 or so, the roads had been absolutely fine. I’ll continue to take some photos. I realize I’m not breaking any news by any means, but it’s still fun to see […]
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City Council Notes 1/18/11
Aside from Big Bird, Elmo and the Cookie Monster districts that came from the city council meeting on the Tuesday following MLK Day, there were some other points of interest that came from the meeting. Here’s a quick run down: 1) Letters of interest are due to the city by this Friday to purchase the […]
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Fort Thomas Divided into Three
I went to the council meeting tonight and I’ll get some notes out tomorrow, but just wanted to do a quick post about an item that I thought to be interesting. Assistant City Manager, Jay Treft and Debbie Buckley of the Renaissance Board are working on finalizing designs for pole banners, which fly on the […]
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Photo Journalism: White Death version 1.2
My bride texted me around 3:00 on Monday while I was working. I was caught up in the moment, so when I read “heading to Kroger after work, anything specific you need?” – I didn’t really think twice. My reply – “Not that I can think of, maybe some Apple Jacks.” Had I checked some […]
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New Campbell Co. Commissioners to Repeal Smoking Ban
Per an Enquirer article by Mike Rutledge – The Campbell County Fiscal Court’s new members took steps at their first meeting to revoke the countywide smoking ban their predecessors approved in December. At the end of a standing-room-only meeting that earlier had been attended by several dozen opponents of the ban and some proponents, the […]
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Target Opening Date: March 6th
Any time I drive down Carothers Road or Memorial Parkway, I crane my neck to look for progress. It’s no doubt the Kroger Marketplace has added a lot to our community, and the Target anchor to the development will only help to cement that shopping center in this market. The above picture is on the […]
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Deer Hunt to End?
After not seeing many stories published at all from The Community Recorder over the past few weeks, I checked out my bookmark on The Fort Thomas Community Page on Cincinnati.com and saw a myriad of stories. Turns out the paper and its reporters are being furloughed, so they had to turn out double the amount […]
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NYE: Fort Thomas Edition
Feels like spring today in the rolling hills of Fort Thomas, but lo and behold, December 31 is here. It’s time to ring in 2011. I’m sure by now, you have your plans, but just in case you don’t, here’s what your hometown is offering you. Cheers: 1) Old reliable. The Olde Fort Pub is […]
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Bipartisan Cheering Sectors
Been on vacation for a while, sorry for the lack of posts. It took me a while to catch up on all my emails, tweets, facebook updates, etc. Most of all, I was very interested in the comments (and lack there of comments) in the last two articles I posted. 1) A simple post on […]
