The immersive light and art show known as BLINK is set to return to the Cincinnati area this fall, and organizers and local civic leaders are hoping to see Northern Kentucky included just as it was in 2019. That year, when an estimated 1.3 million people experienced the massive event, BLINK stretched from downtown Cincinnati […]
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Photos: Florence Memorial Day parade
The City of Florence hosted its annual Memorial Day parade on Monday. The parade started at 10 a.m. at Boone County High School and the route followed Burlington Pike from the high school to Ewing Boulevard, concluding at the Florence Government Center. The Memorial Day program featured patriotic music by the Florence Community Band and […]
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Photos: Park Hills Memorial Day parade
The 2022 Park Hills Memorial Day Parade and Flag Raising Ceremony returned as an in-person event on Monday. The parade flowed along Dixie Highway, starting at Notre Dame Academy and proceeding to Arlington and to Old State Road, then to Terrace Drive, and to Amsterdam Road to the conclusion at Park Drive for the Flag […]
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Photos: Erlanger/Elsmere Memorial Day parade
The Ralph Fulton VFW Erlanger/Elsmere Memorial Day Parade returned to Dixie Highway this year, and residents were ready for it. The parade started at 9 a.m. Monday at the VFW post in Elsmere and continued down Dixie Highway to Forest Lawn Cemetery in Erlanger. Last year’s Memorial Day parade was cancelled due to the pandemic. […]
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Sheriff names city officials honorary deputies as thanks for ambulance
Kenton County Sheriff Chuck Korzenborn made a surprise appearance at the Taylor Mill city commission caucus and special meeting Wednesday morning. He named the city commission as honorary deputies as thanks for a gift from the city to the sheriff’s department. “Several years ago you all generously gave us an ambulance which we converted to […]
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As state requires police in schools, city and school board consider costs
The new requirement through a state law adopted this year that all local boards of education place a school resource/police officer at each of its campuses was a topic before the Taylor Mill city commission last week. The conversation followed the latest deadly mass shooting at a U.S. school when 21 young students and teachers […]
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Former mayor honored in Lakeside Park
Lakeside Park city council honored former Mayor David Jansing at its meeting earlier this month. “I had no clue this was coming,” Jansing said, pointing out people who helped keep the proclamation a surprise. “It’s been fun. It’s really been fun!” Jansing stepped down as mayor last December after 11 years leading the small Kenton […]
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Ludlow superintendent announces employee, teacher raises
As inflation rises, school districts are making sure their teachers’ salaries are keeping up with state levels. “Our salary schedules rank 10th in the state, and 4th in Northern Kentucky,” said Ludlow Independent Schools Superintendent Michael Borchers. “Fort Thomas, Kenton County and Boone County are above us, but while salaries are a strong factor, there […]
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Ludlow elementary students to learn Mandarin: ‘It is amazing to watch kids grow’
Ludlow elementary students will be able to learn Mandarin starting this fall. Mary A. Goetz Elementary Principal Tonya Brummer said at this week’s city council meeting that a new program will allow the school to bring in teachers from China to help teach the students. “The teacher starts in the primary, grades Kindergarten, first and […]
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Florence gets update on growth plans for St. Elizabeth campus
St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s regional chief operating officer gave a presentation to Florence City Council at this week’s meeting to update the city about how its campus here will be spending $90 million allocated to the project. “We had made the decision a while back that we wanted to move our orthopedic service line off the […]