Fort Mitchell-based Drees Homes, one of the oldest home builders in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area, celebrated their 95th anniversary last Tuesday. Founded in 1928 by German immigrant Theodore Drees, the company has grown into the 19th largest privately owned home builder in the United States. Drees built his first home in Wilder, which was a […]
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Bellevue’s Enson Harbor announces closure
Just over a year after its opening, Enson Harbor announced via Facebook that Sunday was the restaurant’s final day in operation. In the same post, the seafood restaurant announced that a Chinese Dim Sum restaurant will soon take its place. “It’s the last day of Enson Harbor. We are going to be closed for renovation; […]
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With bourbon bars ‘played out’ in NKY, couple opens gin and tapas bar in Mainstrasse
On Jan. 6, Vic and Lesley Hugo opened up Juniper’s, Northern Kentucky’s first gin and tapas bar, in Mainstrasse. The couple, who previously had worked in the corporate world and didn’t have restaurant experience, founded Crafts and Vines in Mainstrasse in 2016, located a couple of blocks from Juniper’s. A few years ago, they decided […]
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Robotics team gears up for competition with Swerve Drive
PiBotics’ first robotics competition is about way more than just robots. Yes, they design, build, and program commercial-sized robots, but they also build field elements on a basketball court-sized arena to simulate actual gameplay, plan game strategy, fundraise, create marketing materials and research other teams to plan for competitions. One of the new things they […]
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Zozo’s Tavern in Burlington keeps community traditions alive
Zozo’s Tavern, named after owner Alan Lou’s daughter, keeps the sense of community alive in the building that has always represented just that. Located on the corner of Jefferson Street in downtown Burlington, the building has been many things, but always a spot for the community. In 1849 it was a hotel, after that, Burlington’s […]
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Covington’s The Well ‘adds to the uniqueness of our city’
After officially opening to the public on Dec. 8, The Well, in conjunction with the City of Covington, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to christen one of the city’s newest businesses. The Well is located at W. 7th Street in Covington at the former site of butcher shop Heringer Meats. Proprietors Chase Daoud and Will Hodges […]
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New NKY Entrepreneurship Fund aims to support region’s founders and entrepreneurial support organizations
Entrepreneurship is the lifeblood for regional economies across the United States, with communities relying on independent small business owners scaling up their companies into sustainable enterprises. In Northern Kentucky, the entrepreneurial landscape has been trending in a positive direction over recent years with capital funds, advocacy organizations, accelerators and founders working in conjunction to cultivate […]
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North American Stainless in Carroll County announces $244M expansion
North American Stainless, a stainless steel production company, along with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, announced a massive 4.4 million square foot expansion to their mill located in the northern Carroll County town of Ghent. The expansion costs a total of $244 million and is projected to create 70 full time jobs. The project represents the […]
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Wilder City Council votes to extend Fischer Homes development approvals
Representatives from Grand Communities, LLC., a subsidiary of Fischer Homes, answered questions from concerned residents and city council members during a Wilder City Council meeting earlier this month. The conversations were a continuation of exchanges that took place during the council meeting on Jan. 3, in which several local residents expressed opposition to Grand Communities’ […]
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Finally: A Northern Kentucky bar gets signed game day Bengals football
Bars across Cincinnati have received them, and now we have one on this side of the river too. It was like a bad joke that started out with “two Bengals football players walk into a bar.” As the Cincinnati Bengals continue to dominate the playoffs, social media feeds buzzed with news that Bengals head coach […]