Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Hopefully yours was spent among friends and family. Just wondering if anyone knew of local businesses throwing New Year’s Eve special shindigs? A quick, Google, Facebook, Twitter search allowed me to find some (listed below). Personally, I can’t think of a better way to celebrate NYE than in Fort […]
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Fort Thomas Real Estate Update
As the snow and cold temperatures descend on the Ohio Valley this is a bit of a dead time for the real estate market. However since my last post on the Fort Thomas real estate scene the first housing stimulus tax credit expired and was replaced with an extension of the first for 1st time […]
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The Newport Pavilion has their blueprint for success – What is ours?
Growing up in Fort Thomas, you just get used to driving to other cities to run errands or to be entertained. Perhaps that is part of the reason why all the excitement surrounds the Newport Pavilion. Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited as anyone about the prospects of dining at Chick-Fil-A or shopping at Target […]
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Fort Thomas on Etsy
Don’t know what Etsy is? You should – it is the eBay for local artists. Many believe we are about to come out of an era in the US where big box retail has ruled the day and see a renaissance in main street boutique stores. Etsy has gone a long way in fueling this […]
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Collinsworth to the Irish
A big CONGRATS to Highlands senior all-purpose stud, Austin Collinsworth , who ended his recruiting process yesterday when he committed to newly appointed Notre Dame head coach and former UC coach, Brian Kelly. Collinsworth had been recruited by Kelly at UC and was also recruited by Kentucky, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Louisville. Kelly said that Collinsworth […]
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What’s Next for the Newport Pavilion?
So Kroger made a big splash at the Newport Pavilion with their grand opening last week and the question that may arise is ‘what’s next for the Pavilion?’ The following represent some significant challenges for the development: The main problem with tenants and Newport is the length of the construction and delays. You may have […]
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More Craziness from Ft. Thomas Kroger’s
Just wanted to add something random to Darrin’s post from earlier regarding the insanity that is Newport’s new jewel, “The Ft. Thomas Krogers.” *** Nothing really more can be said, especially if you were brave enough to part the sea of people for those free samples of Boar’s Head turkey with the pretzel toothpick (and […]
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Random Thoughts & News
First thing, the insanity at Kroger is unbelievable. Here are my observations from the first weekend: The crowds have to subside sometime right? This has to be just curious people and not everyone from the Remke, Bellevue Kroger, and other shopping options. It is great to have fresh sushi within a few short minutes of […]
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Annexed Land Behind Mildred Dean Elementary
The city of Newport outmenouvered Fort Thomas yesterday with news of the annexation of unincorporated land behind Mildred Dean Elementary and adjacent to St Elizabeth Hospital. This is important because Mildred Dean will be closing soon and it opens up development possibilities. Who, you might ask, would be interested in that real estate? Afterall it […]
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Highlands Adds to Successes & Collinsworth Snubbed
On the day Austin Collinsworth was not even nominated for Mr Football (apparently not one of the 16 best players in the state according to state media) he scored 3 rushing touchdowns in the first half to give Highlands a big early boost towards their third straight state tittle. Clearly Highlands High School has had […]
