The holidays can be a time of tradition or even breaking tradition. This year, wow guests with a few gourmet recipes from Northern Kentucky chefs and a mixologist. Evan Courtney, who’s head chef at Fort Thomas restaurant and wine shop Grassroots and Vine, offers a recipe for brown butter white chip cranberry cookies. “I’ve always […]
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Cocktail, cookie recipes to get you in the holiday spiritÂ
The holidays can be a time of tradition or even breaking tradition. This year, wow guests with a few gourmet recipes from Northern Kentucky chefs and a mixologist. Evan Courtney, who’s head chef at Fort Thomas restaurant and wine shop Grassroots and Vine, offers a recipe for brown butter white chip cranberry cookies. “I’ve always […]
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Southgate filmmaker eyes Hollywood with local film
It’s a hot summer morning during Labor Day weekend, and filmmaker Jason Hatter and a small crew are fiddling with a giant crane, a green screen backdrop, and leaf blowers. They’re perched in a field adjacent to Southgate Community Center. Hatter has been filming scenes around town for a feature script he wrote named “Downdraft”. […]
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Hundreds gather to dedicate Beverly Hills Supper Club memorial
It was fitting for Southgate to unveil the Beverly Hills Supper Club memorial on Memorial Day weekend, already a time for tribute and reflection. On Sunday afternoon, which was the 46th anniversary of a fire that took 165 lives, an estimated 300 people finally got to see the top-secret two marble slabs, located in what’s […]
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Beverly Hills Supper Club memorial ceremony set for this week
Southgate will commemorate the 46th anniversary of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire with a long-awaited memorial at the site on May 28. The 1977 fire killed 165 people. At the time, it was the third-worst nightclub fire in the U.S. The 80-acre, 54,000-square-foot entertainment complex didn’t have smoke detectors, sprinklers, smoke alarms, or enough […]
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Bellevue High grads talk pride, pandemic … and pizza
From sixth to 12th grade, Steven Meyers has attended Bellevue High School , a small school with an enrollment of less than 400 students and a graduating class of 43. Earlier in his school career he struggled with poor grades, and a few educators didn’t believe in him. “I had a bunch of teachers tell […]
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Southgate commemorates Arbor Day: ‘Don’t take your community for granted’
Southgate held its annual Arbor Day celebration Friday at Southgate Community Center, which overlooks a forest and a lake. For 18 years, the Arbor Day Foundation has designated Southgate as a Tree City USA. Eligibility includes having a tree board and an annual Arbor Day proclamation. The hour-long program featured a dedication to former Park […]
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Young entrepreneurs beat the odds in brick and mortar retail
This story originally appeared in the March 24 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To see these stories first, subscribe here. At almost 23 years old, recent college grads, roommates, and BFFs Caden Adams and Kayla Braden have accomplished what most early 20-somethings haven’t — they own a small business. In 2022, they opened Peachy and […]
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Southgate plans annual Arbor Day celebration
On April 28 at 11:30 a.m., the City of Southgate will celebrate Arbor Day. For 18 years, Southgate has received a Tree City USA award from the Arbor Day Foundation, and it has also received the Growth Award for 17 years. Activities will be held at the Southgate Community Center. Every year, the city honors […]
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Local chef shares appetite for good food, better representation
This story originally appeared in the March 10 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To see these stories first, subscribe here. If Christian Gill looks familiar, it’s because the telegenic and colorful haired chef/restaurateur has appeared on a myriad of competition Food Network and Netflix shows. Between 2017 and 2022, he appeared on Guy’s Grocery […]