Tom Hardy and Greg Mounce. FTM file. Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! The Mess Hall in Tower Park is one of […]
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In Other Words: Art Show to Benefit Local Historic Building
Inside the Hubbard Studio Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! Beginning this week and running through the month of October, the Fort […]
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In Other Words: You Can Be A Spectator Or You Can Dive In To Go After What You Want
Susan Holt Simpson: Unsplash Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! By Chuck Keller My parents had a river cottage in southern […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: High School Sports Rankings & Other Musings
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. The first RPI rankings for high school football this week don’t tell us everything since district play hasn’t really started – but they do tell us something. One thing that’s no surprise is that Northern Kentucky’s highest-rated team is unbeaten […]
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In Other Words: Celebrate Car Free Day September 22 at the Farmers Market
Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! Car Free Day is an international event celebrated every September 22 where people are encouraged to […]
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Op-Ed: Private School Tax Credit Program at Odds With Kentucky’s Constitution
The following op-ed is written by Anna Baumann, deputy director at the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The framers of Kentucky’s constitution made crystal clear the state’s responsibility to provide for a system of common, public schools across the commonwealth. And in 1989 the Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed that obligation and said funding inadequacies at […]
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Op-Ed: Why I Voted Against Covington Schools’ Tax Increase
The following op-ed is written by Covington board of education member Tom Haggard. On August 26, with little public fanfare, the Covington Board of Education voted 4-1 to raise taxes for property owners throughout the city. While many governments were choosing to protect our fragile economic recovery and leave tax rates the same or even […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Cov Cath/Beechwood; Y’alls Playoffs
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. You can contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. You know they’re pretty serious about their Tiger team here in Ft. Mitchell when the sweet little white-haired, grandmotherly lady who just beat you to the tomatoes in the produce section of the Kroger’s Marketplace is doing so […]
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In Other Words: The White Squirrels Rule Local Mountain Bike Trails
White Squirrel team. Does this story bring some value to you? Please consider a small donation to help fund our content. We rely solely on support from our advertising partners, providing our content for free. Any amount helps. Click here to donate! I asked 13-year-old Noah Clark what he liked best about mountain biking in […]
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Op-Ed: Why I Support a Mask Mandate for Schools
The following op-ed is written by Brian Garner, a city commissioner in Union I’ve lived in Northern Kentucky since I was 3 years old. I love this area and I love our community. I’ve had more conversations than I ever dreamed over the last 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic discussing the balance of public […]
