The city of Fort Thomas is partnering with the Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy on a unique program that seeks to benefit people throughout Northern Kentucky. The compost program uses leaf waste to create mulch, which has been made available free of charge to homeowners and businesses. The nonprofit is spearheading the project, working with city […]
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Fort Thomas City Development launches new community app
At the last Fort Thomas city council meeting, residents spoke about the difficulties in finding information on the city’s website. It’s been an ongoing concern. Now, a solution may be just a few clicks away. A new “Welcome to Fort Thomas” app and website, launched by the city’s Economic Development team, offers direct access to […]
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Earth Day celebration offers chance to unload recyclables, old electronics
Fort Thomas is planning an Earth Day recycling event, come rain or shine. On Earth Day, Sunday, April 24, Tower Park will become a hub for recycling groups to take unwanted items off the hands of residents. Green PC Recycling and Cincinnati Recycle and Reuse Hub will be accepting items ranging from old electronic devices […]
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In Other Words: Six Word Memoirs Reveal True Us
In Other Words: Six Word Memoirs Reveal True Us By Chuck Keller As the story goes, someone challenged Earnest Hemingway, a master of brevity, to write a short story in six words. His response – “For sale: baby shoes, never worn” – started a bit of a trend. There is now a website that presents […]
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In Other Words: These Times May Be a Chunk of Coal But They Will Be a Diamond Some Day
Laura Wagner Tinkler’s adopted pup By Chuck Keller There’s an old John Anderson song that could easily have a second life as the theme song for this COVID-19 period of isolation that starts with “I’m just an old chunk of coal but I’ll be a diamond some day.” As we respond to life’s pressure we […]
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In Other Words: What Are We Learning From This?
Unsplash: Pricella Du Preez By Chuck Keller So here we are. The honeymoon is over. Now we are settling in for the long haul. It seems like we’ve pretty much run out of novel things to do during our quarantine. We fall into new routines. As I sit in the comfort of my enclosed front […]
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In Other Words: Of Bees And The Ripple Effect
By Chuck Keller We have all made this observation. We don’t often stop to think about the consequences of our actions. We recently lost all of the bees in two hives. That’s about 25,000 bees. These were healthy happy hives and we expected to harvest honey this year. We lost a few years and hundreds […]
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Earth Day Week Activities for the Quarantined
By Chuck Keller Over the last few years, Earth Day, April 22, has become the city’s first big party in the park. Unfortunately, the coronavirus forced the Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy and the city to cancel the event so it will be conducted on the Conservancy’s Facebook page and will contain activities for children, tips […]
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In Other Words: The Gift of Slowing Down
Img: Clint McCoy By Chuck Keller Just because you are given a gift, doesn’t mean you have to accept it. We have been presented with an extraordinary opportunity. We are shut down. And we are forced to slow down. It can hurt. It can frustrate. But…. Everything has slowed down. The street traffic is noticeably […]
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In Other Words: Losing Sight of the Stars
Unsplash: Denis Degioanni The Milky Way I was a child when my grandfather died. I was confused and sad. Grandma walked me into her backyard, pointed up to the night sky, and said that when grandpa died God made him a star in the sky so we could see him every night and that he […]