This is a little shameless self promotion (and the picture is only a lame attempt to show off my cute little kiddies) but, you may be interested in the Lumley heights neighborhood yard sale. This Saturday from 8 am until 1pm (or until people stop buying stuff). I hope to see you there.
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Fort Thomas News – Midweek Update
A few random odds and ends to get you over the hump: 1. A few sports stories featuring Fort Thomas athletes: Highlands girls basketball forward Leah Schaefer verbally committed to Xavier Former Highland football standout and Notre Dame safety Austin Collinsworth could miss the 2012 season after undergoing surgery recently to repair a torn labrum […]
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Blue Marble Cash Mob A Success
I hope you had a chance to make out on Saturday and show our amazing independent children’s bookstore a little love. If you didn’t you still can, it just will not be as a part of a larger group of community members supporting a local treasure. While the turnout didn’t appear to be overwhelming there […]
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Mama on a Budget – Totter Otterville
First of all, when did they move my childhood and why wasn’t I consulted? Am I the only one that was unaware that Johnny’s Toys had moved down the street and that the HUGE castle was now in an entirely different location? Apparently this happened like a decade ago, which goes to show you how […]
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Fort Thomas Midweek News Update
The biggest news of the day was the Fort Thomas Police Department’s notice that someone tried to pick up a child walking from school. Here is the text of the news alert: A middle school child reported today, that while walking home from school Tuesday, May 30th, a male subject whom the middle-schooler described as […]
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Cash Mob Time at the Blue Marble
We’ve mentioned it before on this blog. The cash mob is a concept where everyone in the community shows up and spends $20 to show their support of a local business. Recent examples in the Cincinnati area include Murray Brothers and Park + Vine and we want to bring it to Fort Thomas in support […]
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Keeping Fort Thomas Streets Clean
There have been some good conversations on Facebook lately focused around two pictures that were taken in the last couple weeks. The first picture I took on a weeknight with the kids eating ice cream at the clock tower and I posted on the Fort Thomas Matters Facebook page. The second picture was taken […]
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Highlands Students Need Your Help
A group of four high school students need your help with a national competition. One of the students is Madeline Anderson and here is there story from her point of view: National History Day (NHD) is a nationally acclaimed, academic enrichment program that promotes the study of history in our schools. HHS did not […]
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Fort Thomas Coffee Opening This Summer
As I mentioned last week, a new independent coffee shop is opening in Fort Thomas. Good friends of my family Lori and David Valentine are opening Fort Thomas Coffee in the former Three French Hens space at 118 North Fort Thomas Avenue this summer. Fort Thomas Coffee, which will feature gourmet coffee and full espresso […]
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Additional Items of Interest
The news seems to be coming fast and furious these days. A few more updates: 1. While all the attention has been on Andrea Conners a highlight for Fort Thomas schools went un-noticed. US News & World Report ranked Highlands as the fifth best high school in the state and perhaps more importantly #431 nationally. […]