In the new budget presented to Bellevue city council by City Administrator Frank Warnock during a virtual meeting on Wednesday evening, he announced that longtime city employee Jody Robinson’s position was being eliminated. Robinson, who joined the city in 2006, currently serves as community development and historic preservation director. Warnock, citing the economic impact of […]
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Bellevue Selected for Children’s Theatre 3-Year Program to Develop Its Own
Bellevue Middle School was one of three schools selected to be part of the three-year JumpStart Theatre Program at the Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati. The theatre conducted a months-long in-person and virtual selection process before selecting Bellevue, St. Bernard Elmwood Place Schools, and Pleasant Ridge Montessori. The Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF), in collaboration with New […]
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Bellevue Eases Rules as Joe’s Crab Shack Closes, Burger King Cancels New Plans
This story has been updated to include contents from the letter received by the City of Bellevue from representatives of Joe’s Crab Shack, as referenced in Wednesday night’s city council meeting by Mayor Charlie Cleves. RCN obtained the letter through an open records request on Thursday. Bellevue city council voted for changes to assist its […]
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Residents Donate $3,300 to Bellevue High School Food Pantry
Residents of the Harbor Greene condo community collected funds to donate to the Bellevue High School food pantry. According to a note sent to residents, the effort raised $3,305. “What an amazing effort on behalf of the Harbor Greene community,” the note read. -Staff report
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NKY’s Largest Memorial Day Parade Canceled, May Happen Later
The Bellevue-Dayton Memorial Day Parade won’t happen as planned later this month. It’s typically the region’s largest parade each year with a line of floats, bands, politicians, organizations, and civic groups that stretches for miles along Fairfield Avenue in Bellevue and Sixth Avenue in Dayton, both part of Kentucky State Route 8. Dayton Mayor Ben […]
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Bellevue Hopes to Maintain Bridging Ceremony with Social-Distancing
A Bellevue tradition may continue next month, the board of education hopes. During a virtual meeting on Wednesday night, board members discussed the district’s annual “bridging ceremony”, for students moving on from Grandview Elementary School to Bellevue Middle School. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person learning at Kentucky schools, but Bellevue hopes to schedule its […]
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Bellevue Attorney Wins Kentucky Bar Association Award
Bellevue-based attorney James P. Dady was named the 2020 recipient of the Kentucky Bar Association Bruce Davis Award for meritorious service. The criteria for the award as stated by the KBA is as follows: “Many lawyers take time from their practice to provide personal, professional, and financial support to the KBA. This award expresses […]
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Bellevue Fitness Instructor Creates Program for Quarantined Seniors
When Bellevue Mayor Charlie Cleves’s father recently moved into a Fort Thomas retirement community, while his mother was already residing at one in Cold Spring, Cleves recognized a problem. Neither of his 90-year old parents were getting any exercise because of the COVID-19 pandemic that is keeping residents out of common areas. So, the mayor […]
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Bellevue Mayor: Take Threat of Coronavirus Seriously
From Bellevue Mayor Charlie Cleves Coronavirus has all of us concerned about the future of our community and our country. I share that concern, but I am also optimistic that we will beat this terrible disease and at some point we will return to normal. Our local economy is going to take a hit, but […]
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In NKY River Cities, Optimism Meets Deep Worries for Main Street
Editor’s note: A lot of businesses in our community are severely impacted by the new restrictions placed on society amid the governments’ response(s) to novel coronavirus/COVID-19. We know that this article only documents a few, but that there are many others experiencing similar, or worse circumstances. The River City News is also a small, indepedently-owned business […]