A mother and young child are dead after a crash on Alexandria Pike (U.S. 27) in Cold Spring late Thursday evening. Police shut down northbound 27 at Route 709 about half a mile south in Alexandria, re-routing traffic to AA Highway due to the crash. The crash involved two vehicles. The driver of one of […]
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More Details Released About Cold Spring’s 75th Anniversary Celebration
The City of Cold Spring released more details about its 75th Anniversary Celebration this summer, at the regularly-scheduled city council meeting on Monday night. Councilwoman Lisa Cavanaugh, who is planning the celebration, released the details to the city and council. The celebration, which is scheduled for June 25, 2016, will kick-off in the morning with a 5K […]
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Survey: Ranking the “Smartest” Cities in Northern Kentucky
Well, well, well… seems like we got a bunch of smarty pants in Northern Kentucky! At least compared to the rest of the state. According to a survey by Zippia, 6 of the 10 “smartest cities in Kentucky” are in Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties. Zippia, a career-search website, analyzed 78 Kentucky cities that have more […]
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Website: 3 Northern Kentucky Cities Rank Among State’s “Most Boring”
Well, the controversial website Road Snacks is at it again, and either you laugh, cry, sneer, or ignore their latest findings about Northern Kentucky cities. This time, the site which describes itself as, “The bad side of cities in America. We use science and data to create bite-sized news stories about where you live,” has […]
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Campbell County Mayors Discuss Needs to Improve Development Opportunities, Talent Retention
Campbell County Zoning and Planning Director Cindy Minter and Economic Development Officer Seth Cutter led a discussion with the various Campbell County mayors on Tuesday evening about what transportation and/or development projects that they would like to see in their cities. Minter talked about how the typography and soil conditions in Campbell County provide an extra challenge […]
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State of the City: Cold Spring Mayor Recaps Tumultuous 2015, Looks to 2016
After becoming the second mayor elected in as many years, Cold Spring Mayor Angelo Penque addressed city council and the citizens in his first State of the City address on Monday night, recapping the city’s tumultuous 2015 and laying out his plan and vision for 2016. Penque began his speech by announcing that the city is […]
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Cold Spring Swears in New Mayor for Third Time this Year
After a tumultuous beginning to 2015, Cold Spring officially swore in Angelo Penque as its third mayor this year at its regularly scheduled city council meeting on Monday night. Penque defeated former fire chief Jerry Sandfoss on Nov. 4, replacing Mark Stoeber, a former mayor who was appointed back to his old job in April after newly-elected […]
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Barleycorn’s Celebrating 40 Years in NKY
Barleycorn’s will celebrate its 40th anniversary this November with three operating locations in Cold Spring, Lakeside Park and Florence. Throughout the next year, the restaurant will celebrate with customer appreciation events and gifts. The party starts the week of November 9 when adult guests (21 and up) will receive 40th anniversary shot glasses and every […]
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Penque Wins Cold Spring Mayor’s Race
David “Angelo” Penque was elected Cold Spring mayor on Tuesday night, and will fill the unexpired term of his opponent from last year’s election. Penque defeated former Cold Spring fire chief Jerry Sandfoss with 1,107 votes out of 2,013 total ballots cast, or 55% of the vote. Last year, Penque lost his mayoral bid to Nancy Bay, […]
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There’s a Mayor’s Race in Cold Spring & These 2 Want the Job
It’s not just Jack Conway and Matt Bevin, and the rest of the Kentucky constitutional offices on the ballot in Cold Spring. There’s a mayor’s race, too. That’s because former Mayor Nancy Bay resigned earlier this year and former Mayor Mark Stoeber returned to the office until an election could be held. Stoeber opted not […]