If you haven’t noticed by now, “It’s Happening” is an semi-regular update from Renaissance Coordinator, Debbie Buckley. I haven’t met many people more supportive of promoting new and differentiating events for our city than Debbie and you can hear her enthusiasm in her updates. Without further adieu: September has arrived, Labor Day is over, and […]
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It’s Football Time in the Bluegrass
All three of Fort Thomas Matters’ favorite football teams play football tonight. It’s got to be the first time that has happened on a Thursday, but I’ll take it. I’ll be going to the worst team of the bunch tonight as I take in (semi-professional) football at Paul Brown Stadium. With the Highlands game being […]
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It’s Happening Here!
The Renaissance Board continues to promote business the right way in Fort Thomas. Love the enthusiasm from Debbie Buckley and crew. Here’s a message from Debbie: It’s hard to think that we only have a few weeks left of summer harvests! The Farmers’ Market is bringing us a full array of specialties. Wednesday 3-7 pm […]
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St. Elizabeth Receives a Checkup (Guest Post by Ben Petracco)
Drive along Grand Avenue and you may notice the hillside being tapered back from foliage, the sidewalks being torn up and construction equipment all along the street. Based on my last post, I guess I have a thing for streetscapes, but this caught my eye. I inquired with Ron Dill, the Director of General Services […]
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Yard Sales Aplenty This Saturday
The time honored tradition of rummaging through other people’s stuff. I don’t know why it’s so appealing, but damn, it’s fun. My mother-in-law is an avid early birder, and got my bride and I started in on it when we bought our first house. We are pretty set on dishware and knick-knacks right now, but […]
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Macke Leads Teams to Undeafeated Seasons, Championships
Apparently, Tricia Macke has game. Anyone who has attempted coaching 3rd and 4th graders knows getting them to pay attention in practice is an accomplishment in itself. Getting them through seasons upon seasons without so much as a loss should put you on the Mt. Rushmore of youth coaching. (See Gordon Bombay, Morris Buttermaker, and […]
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Van Damme it’s Friday Morning Links
– Debbie Buckley and crew are on it. Aside from the free concerts at the amphitheater and adding new vendors for the farmer’s market, the Renaissance and Rec dept. are putting on Shakespeare at Tower Park next month. Here are the deets: The Fort Thomas Renaissance and Fort Thomas Recreation are proud to bring “A […]
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Fort Thomas Post Office Under Review
First, let’s cut to the root of this. The US Post Office is inefficient, to put it mildly. They lose money and run deficits yearly – to the tune of 8 billion dollars last year. The Fort Thomas Post Office is one of many offices around the nation that is being audited for review by […]
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If You Build It, They Will Come (Guest Post by Ben Petracco)
Lifelong Fort Thomas resident, Ben Petracco identifies the Midway district parking problems and offers solutions. This is Ben’s first post, so let’s welcome him to Fort Thomas Matters. Here’s Ben: The Midway street scape project was recently finished which included lighting, landscaping, street resurfacing and new sidewalks. The project created a more open area moving […]
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Energy Efficiency Canvass this Weekend
Got this emailed to me by a city worker today. I think there was supposed to be a booth set up that dealt with energy efficiency at the Spruce up for Spring event, that was eventually canceled. I think the energy audit normally cost $200 and with a $150 rebate, the total cost of just […]
