Growing up in Fort Thomas, the Fourth of July is synonymous with the parade from Highlands to Tower Park, the Firecracker 5000 and hopefully now a filled amphitheater concert schedule. The streets are lined with little ones scooping up candy, tussling with their friends over being in the line of fire of a water balloon […]
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Warning to Criminals: Fort Thomas Police Will Catch You
On the heels of two recent posts on Fort Thomas Matters, regarding crime – Fort Thomas police announced that “good old police work” helped nab two criminals who robbed the US Bank on Fort Thomas Avenue, last Saturday. “My hat goes off to Lt. Whitford and Gadzala, Det. Moening, Officers Goshorn, Dietz, Hunt, Redmond Sgt. […]
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Memorial Parkway Apartment Update
Back in 2007, Darrin first began to chronicle the development of the proposed apartment developments byWessels Contruction on Memorial Parkway. At that point, Wessels Construction just had their best year ever, the dirt from the Bear Creek Capital development (now known as Newport Pavilion) was filling up the hillside as fast as they could dump […]
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Highlands Piloting Laptop Program – One to One
At the recent SBDM Council meeting there were a couple of interesting items that were discussed. The first of which is a unique program for Fort Thomas to require a laptop for every student in all three early bird English classes for next year. Highlights of the program include: Students will pay $100 for rental for […]
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Crime Escalates in Fort Thomas as US Bank Robbed
First it was the stolen bicycle alert, then home invasion, and now a bank robbery all within 2 weeks. The relative quiet of Fort Thomas has been shattered a bit. Just after the US Bank opened this morning around 9 AM a man who did not display a weapon gave a note to the teller […]
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Fort Thomas Crime; A Bicycle Connection?
The Nixle service has come in handy again as two recent crime alerts that have gone unpublicized but that could threaten your home. Last week the Fort Thomas Police Department issued an alert regarding what the department characterized as [experiencing] an unusual amount of bicycle thefts. The department encouraged citizens to keep their bikes secured and […]
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Touchdown Jesus!
A few bits of mid-week information: – So, that was an interesting storm last night. It scared my dog into the depths of her crate and apparently chased another blogger who shall remain nameless into his basement. Turned on the TV last night just as the girth of the red radar storm was passing through […]
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It’s Van Damme Friday!
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 Moving up the Cincy Magazine Rankings
I mentioned the “Rating the Burbs” issue of Cincy Magazine from last year and how disappointed I was by Fort Thomas falling outside the Top 20. The magazine just released their latest issue and in a major reversal Fort Thomas is now ranked 8th ahead of Montgomery, Blue Ash, Mariemont, and Mason. Beyond the surprising […]
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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 […]
