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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Fort Thomas News – Week of January 10th
The new year started off right with more news than all of December from the previous year. Let’s jump right into the run-down: 1. First a quick clarification on Mark’s comments regarding the Enquirer furlough. We received a message from Amanda Joering, the Recorder’s beat writer for Fort Thomas. To clarify, she was not on […]
Corporate Neighbor Leaving Fort Thomas
The Business Courier reported this week that Fort Thomas is losing a business to Cincinnati. Real Property Management, a company that has been featured multiple times in local media, has apparently decided to move across the river to Cincinnati. Real Property Managment’s current location is in a small office complex behind the YMCA near the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Judy the Crossing Guard – Keeping our Streets Safe
Each weekday morning as I head to work I am filled with a moment of dread as I approach the intersection of Highland and Fort Thomas Ave on my way to 471 and eventually to my office. It is inevitable – the moment of indecision as you look Judy the Crossing Guard in the eyes trying […]
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 […]
Kingdom Hall for Sale
I ran across a listing online the other day for office space for sale on Memorial Parkway. This obviously piqued my interest since I could not recall where office space existed along Memorial Parkway. As I clicked on the link it became apparent that the facilities (Kingdom Hall) for the Jehovah’s Witnesses is for sale […]
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 […]

