– A Fort Thomas firefighter was sent to the hospital for heat exhaustion after battling a house fire on Indiana Avenue just before 11 a.m.Crews with Fort Thomas, Bellevue, Newport and Southgate all responded to the fire. The family had moved out of the home, so no one was at the home when the fire […]
Author Archives: Mark Collier
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Chambers Through to Next Round – Needs Another Round of Votes
Here’s Will Chambers’ semi-final audition: He’s almost there. Let’s give him another push Fort Thomas. Here’s Will: This is where you come in and again ask for your help. The link to vote is right here: http://apps.facebook.com/kstvcastingcall/contests/125236/voteable_entries/23688966?ogn=facebook or you can simply go to http://www.mycn2.com/ and click on the “Louisville Casting Call” on the right under […]
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“Pergola” Out at Olde Fort Pub
After handing out hundreds of flyers to promote their menu at the Fourth of the July parade and settling into a “food groove”, Danny Krebs -formerly of Pergola- is leaving the Olde Fort Pub. It was a pretty abrupt split, and surprising considering the good feedback it seemed the changes to the menu had gotten, […]
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105 Receive Farm Subsidies in Fort Thomas
From time to time I get emails from residents regarding issues they’d like some resolution or explanation to. I was sent a link about a week ago which piqued my interest enough to post on. Apparently 105 residents -or in some instances corporations- have or are receiving farm subsidies in Fort Thomas. Most for tobacco […]
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Add Rain to 4th of July Tradition
Doesn’t it seem like it rains EVERY 4th of July. Pretty frustrating. The streets are still lined with residents, but instead of sparklers they are armed with umbrellas. A few notes on our nation’s birthday. -Fort Thomas firefighters battled a 3-alarm house fire Sunday night that was caused by fireworks.Crews responded to Villagrande Boulevard just […]
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Have a Safe 4th!
We, at Fort Thomas Matters, wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July. Remember: Freedom isn’t free. Also remember: A water balloon launcher, a baseball and a few libations don’t mix. Be careful tonight out there people.
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Mid Week Links
– Just a reminder: the Police Department is collecting e-mail addresses to add to the new FTPD E-Lert System that is replacing Nixle. If you are interested, please contact Police@ftthomas.org with your email address. Currently, there are around 225 people signed up now, and is scheduled to go live right after July 4th. – Run […]
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Is Fort Thomas a Baseball City?
The above video is Reds 2B, Brandon Phillips, who is now is second among 2B for the All-Star game. Make sure to vote for him, Joey Votto, Scott Rolen and Jay Bruce, who are all within striking distance of making the game. Obviously when you think Fort Thomas, you think football. Having played baseball and […]
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Fort Thomas Broadcaster Needs Your Vote
Keeping in line with my theme for the day, one of the blogs I admire and try to emulate in style is KentuckySportsRadio.com. It was started by University of Kentucky fans, Matt Jones and one of my buddies, Rob Gidel around the middle of this decade. Who knows how they did it, but they built […]
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“Mainstream” Local Media Trying to Evolve?
A few truths about my beliefs of a new media have become quite evidently over the last month or so. Number 1: Cincinnati.com has become more keen to that fact that we (and other blogs/websites) are their competitors. A few weeks back, as soon as Fort Thomas Matters published a post, it was linked on […]
