Happy Friday everyone! Lots going on in and around Ft. Thomas this weekend. Just a few reminders. – The Jennifer Harber Memorial Scholarship Fund needs to be replenished to continue handing out money to a handful of Highlands graduates. The Harber family is having a benefit tonight (Friday) at The Syndicate in Newport. Almost 12 […]
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Fort Thomas Running Club
Ft. Thomas resident, Chris Deinlein, likes running. Seriously. On occasion, you will find me running the hills of the Highlands, but if you see me, know that I am absolutely miserable. If you are like Chris and enjoy running, he has started a Fort Thomas Running Club to organize groups, running anywhere from 1 mile […]
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Summa, Summa, Summatime
No doubt about it. The slush puppies and square pizzas were a plenty this past weekend at the Ft. Thomas Swim Club. I didn’t venture down James Ave – partly because I’m not on my family’s membership anymore, but also because I knew I would get entangled in the teenage bike brigade, the mom minivan […]
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Saturday Morning Linx
Just a few things to chew on this morning, after your cereal bowl is empty. – 2 close races in the primary election for two Fort Thomas residents as Steve Pendery of Fort Thomas edged out Kevin Sell by 150 votes to secure a spot on the ballot for Campbell County Judge-executive. – Tim Fischer […]
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Pergola Follow Up
Had a number of responses from the last article written on the property formerly known as Pergola – the consensus seems to be that there is a missing commodity on 15 N. Fort Thomas Ave. It wasn’t just me that missed the patio. I did track down Danny Krebs, who owned Pergola. While he echoed […]
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Patio Sitting Weather
Spring is here. Summer is around the corner. We should be right in the middle of Pergola’s people watching, patio sitting, hummus eating sweet spot. Instead we are stuck wondering what could have been and trying to get the actual story of why we have to look at the newly built pergola from the sidewalks […]
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Spruce up for Spring Event Canceled
Just a quick post for those looking forward to the event. Talked to Ken Bowman today of the Renaissance Board to get the scoop on whether of not they were going to try to reschedule. The rain washed away the Renaissance Board’s attempt to get local vendors out and about and in front of potential […]
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A Bit of Housekeeping
– In an effort to increase the amount of trees in Fort Thomas, the Fort Thomas Tree Commission offers residents a cost-sharing program for tree planting just outside the public right-of-way in private front-yard areas. Click here for an application. Gotta say, some may see this as a frivolous waste of taxpayer money – but […]
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Highlands Spring Break
In the wake of the tragedies surrounding the deaths of two local teens during their Spring Breaks, I started to recount some of the spring breaks I took during my time at Highlands. My parents dreaded taking us to Panama City, but we went for what seemed like 5 consecutive years because my sister and […]
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Fort Thomas Creates
I get on kicks where I’ll read a book a week, and no, I have not read any Nicholas Sparks so you can stop with the jokes there. Who Moved My Cheese was one I was wanting to get around to for awhile so I could actually be involved in a conservation about the book, […]