The Fort Thomas education system put another notch on its belt this past week as the latest US News & World Report’s ranking of US High Schools again listed Highlands as a top high school. Highlands was 1 of only 7 high schools in the state of KY and 1 of 604 nationwide with a […]
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An Opportunity to Give Back
Debbie Buckley, the city’s Renaissance Coordinator, sent me an email today for this great event: This coming Saturday, December 13, 2008, Fort Thomas is honored to be part of a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Veterans Nursing Home in Fort Thomas at 1:00. This will be the first of it’s kind and everyone is looking […]
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Officers’ Quarters in Tower Park
We appear to be 1 hurdle away from new housing in Tower Park. The long sought after sale of the 14 officer homes in Tower Park (many with views of the Ohio River) is only 1 signature away from being the property of the City of Fort Thomas. It has been nearly 5 years since […]
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Firefighters Have a Contract
Today we get news of a final contract between the city and the fire fighters. This is great for the fire fighters, the city, and for public safety. While I haven’t made any comments about the situation on this blog I do have a few observations from the negotiations: There are many details about the […]
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Parking Problem?
There is a question that has come up time after time over the past couple of years that I have been involved with pushing for more retail in Fort Thomas; Is there a parking problem in Fort Thomas? The question came up again during the candidate forum in the campaign for Fort Thomas City Council […]
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Another Area Deer Hunt
There was an article on Cincinnati.com today about the town of Mariemont becoming the latest Cincinnati area community to sponsor a deer hunt. In addition to the details of the hunt the article presented a pretty good synopsis of all area deer hunts. Here are some observations: 1. Other areas with proposed / past / […]
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Our 1 Year Anniversary
I started this blog on November 20, 2007 and it has been a fun ride. I thought I would share some interesting statistics with you: The site has had over 5,300 page views from over 1,500 different visitors. The most read stories and their topics are: 1. Newport Pavilion 2. Newport Pavilion 3. Fort Thomas […]
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Fort Thomas Home Prices
I am a registered user of Zillow – a real estate website that uses a unique way of valuing properties across the US. As a registered user I received an email today that indicated that my house had increased, YES – INCREASED in value. As you could imagine I was a bit skeptical even though […]
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Election Recap
As you surely know by now I will not be one of six people representing Fort Thomas for the next two years on City Council. I did however want to offer my insights and thoughts on the process, results, and where we go from here. 1. The result– We basically switched out Barbara Thomson-Levine for […]
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Happy Halloween
I thought you might like a fun picture of the mayor poking fun of the deer hunt during trick or treat. The hunt begins again today and I hope it truly is a laughing matter.