The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra will continue its 30th anniversary season under the “big top” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Drees Homes Auditorium (St. Henry District H.S.) in Erlanger. This circus-themed program features music from two films spanning nearly 90 years from Charlie Chaplin’s silent film — The Circus (1928) — and Hugh […]
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Boone County residents react to proposed subdivision: ‘How much development do you want?’
Bernie Kunkel expressed his concern over a proposed Ridgefield subdivision at the Boone County Fiscal court meeting last week. Part of the subdivision, about 22 houses, would be built next to his parents’ farm with just a fence as a buffer. “This development is right next to my mother and father’s farm,” Kunkel said, “and […]
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Purple Poulet to open new location in Newport Thursday
After being closed due to the pandemic in August 2021, Purple Poulet’s much-anticipated reopening is now scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 17. The restaurant will be taking a soft opening approach Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. They will return to regular hours Tuesday through Saturday next week from […]
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How LaRu Bowling Center has become part of the fabric of Northern Kentucky
In October, Northern Kentucky Classic LaRu Bowling Center underwent an ownership change after Glenn Schmidt retired and sold the bowling alley after 35 years of ownership. LaRu has been a part of the Northern Kentucky community since it first opened its doors in 1958. The bowling alley was forced to close in March 2020 due […]
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meetNKY Introduces Survey for Local Input to Support NKY Tourism
Northern Kentucky’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, meetNKY, has launched a resident survey to attract more visitors to the area. “Nearly half of all visitors come to Northern Kentucky to visit friends and family, making the voice of residents a valuable component of improving the visitor experience as our region looks ahead to 2030,” a news […]
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Comedy classic ‘You Can’t Take it With You’ comes to village players of Fort Thomas
Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s You Can’t Take It With You is coming to Village Players of Fort Thomas with six live-and-in person performances from February 25 – March 5. About the show: “At first, the Sycamores seem mad, but it’s not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world […]
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Most LaRosa’s Locations to Close Early Sunday for Super Bowl
If you work at LaRosa’s, a welcome announcement was made Tuesday: Most locations are closing at 6 p.m. Sunday for the Super Bowl “so that their Team Members can participate and enjoy the game,” according to a release. “The LaRosa family is committed to all of its Team Members, and knows that moments like this […]
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NKY Businesses are Reveling in Bengals Winning Streak
Written by Kenton Hornbeck, LINK nky reporter As the Cincinnati Bengals’ Evan “Money Mac” McPherson sailed a kick through the middle of the goalposts as time expired to win the AFC Championship game, Bengals fans in Northern Kentucky erupted in triumphant cheers. It’s a historic milestone for a franchise, and for a community that has […]
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Old Covington Homes Haunted? Museum Program to Explore Topic
Some of the residents of Covington’s historic stately manors have lived there for a long time. Like, a really long time. Apparently. There have been many reports of hauntings within the walls of some of the city’s oldest homes, particularly those along the Ohio and Licking rivers: slamming doors, lights flickering off an on, an […]
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Book Review: A measure of Kentucky justice for a freed slave in the Jim Crow era
Written by James P. Dady, LINK nky contributor A Shot in the Moonlight is Ben Montgomery’s history of a deadly confrontation in 1897 between two dozen heavily-armed white nightriders and a former slave named George Dinning in Simpson County, Kentucky. On the pretext that Mr. Dinning had engaged in some stealing in the neighborhood, the intruders […]