It has been a great year for Fort Thomas Matters and we hope to continue to add value to the community by providing the best news and commentary on Fort Thomas. A few highlights of this past year: Overall traffic to the site has tripled since our second anniversary Cincinnati.com added Fort Thomas Matters as […]
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The Olde Fort Pub New Dining Experience
It’s obvious the Olde Fort Pub is trying to evolve. With or without the impending smoking ban, Danny Krebs and Bob Arnzen are giving those both for and against a new option. The back area of the establishment has been converted to a non-smoking area, family-friendly dining room. Other changes: Lots more menu items Six […]
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Highlands Beats Johnson Central to Advance to Semis
If there were a place for a subtext in the title section of this post, it would read “Collier Quits Day Job, Moves to Vegas to Set High School Football Betting Lines.” Last Thursday, after the home win vs. Dixie, and amidst anonymous posters taking the contrarian view to mine, I saw the Highlands/Johnson Central […]
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Great Weekend Fun with the Kids
Here is a great idea if you want to get the kids out of the house this weekend. The Middle School is presenting a production of Once on This Island – junior version. This is a fun play and shorter version perfect for kids with short attention spans. It is so short in fact that […]
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Benefit for Ft. Thomas Man Tomorrow
Adam Zepf, (Highlands graduate of 2001) who severely injured his leg and knee during a freak injury at his workplace would love some good old Fort Thomas, Cake Town love. There is a benefit in his honor tomorrow at The Olde Fort Pub. Zepf, who was working on a horse farm and starting his own […]
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Smoking Ban Public Reading Twitter Feed
Via Amanda VanBenschoten (follow her here) Campbell Co Fiscal Court meeting packed for first reading of indoor smoking ban. All sides here: pro-ban & anti-ban tea party, biz owners. First biz item at Campbell Fiscal Court meeting: Duke Energy giving county $19K grant to buy iPads to go paperless for FC meetings. Public hearing underway […]
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City Council Meeting recap 11/15/10
Noise Ordinance Curfew will stay status quo until June 1, 2011. The Labor, Law and License Committee will review the current ordinance that calls for the closing of outdoor seating at 11 on week days and midnight on weekends next May during a committee meeting. Whatever that committee will decide, whether it be status quo […]
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Incoming Commissioners Reaffirm Committment to Smoking Ban Repeal
I published my last post and indicated I still had some open questions about the brilliance of passing a ban that would likely be overturned in a few short weeks. Some of the feedback that I received from that post included the following points: While it would likely be symbolic a ban could send a […]
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Highlands Football Moving On
The football team, looking for it’s state leading 20th state title, won over Dixie (No. 16 overall and No. 5 in Division 5A) 42-28 tonight at David Cecil Memorial Stadium. Highlands took their first lead heading into the 4th quarter, 28-21 after being down 21-14 at halftime. Quarterback Patrick Towles left during the 4th quarter […]
