The Elsmere City Council voted to deny councilmember Serena Owen’s request for virtual attendance. Owen has been seeking to attend council meetings remotely since September 2024 as accommodation for her disability. Councilmember Gloria Grubbs prefaced, during the city’s first caucus meeting of 2025 on Jan. 7, by saying that various accommodations were offered to Owen […]
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Planning commission OKs Elsmere medical cannabis zoning
The Kenton County Planning Commission has approved zoning regulations for medical cannabis businesses in Elsmere, which will now be voted on by the city council.
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Elsmere council member again absent: ‘The people voted for you. They want you here’
The city of Elsmere’s caucus meeting on Dec. 3 was rife with comments regarding councilmember Serena Owen, who once again was not present. Owen has faced backlash from other city council members and some Elsmere residents after she stopped attending meetings in person in June. She has cited her disability and an unsafe environment in […]
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10 NKY cities vote in favor of medical cannabis operations
All Northern Kentucky cities that put medical cannabis operations on the ballot have passed them, and starting Jan. 1, 2025, medical cannabis will be legal in the state of Kentucky, with each city responsible for creating zoning regulations to make way for or not allow those types of businesses to operate.
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It’s official: Niagara Bottling is coming to Kenton County
Niagara Bottling will locate a bottling facility in Kenton County, creating 60 full-time jobs with salaries of about $75K. Construction is set to begin in early 2025.
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Erlanger-Elsmere annual community reunion parade celebrates 30 years
An Elsmere neighborhood came alive with the sounds of music and cheers on a cloudy morning as the 30th Erlanger-Elsmere Annual Community Reunion parade rolled through on Aug. 31. Beginning from a parking lot just off Dixie Highway, between St. Henry Roman Catholic Church and the Quality Cleaners dry cleaning business, dozens of parade participants […]
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Elsmere, Kenton County approve financial aid for possible Niagara Bottling facility
The City of Elsmere and Kenton County Fiscal Court have approved financial aid packages for a large industrial development in Elsmere, which may possibly host an affiliate of Niagara Bottling, a California-based beverage company.
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Elsmere considers allowing taller fences
Elsmere City Council has presented its first reading of an ordinance permitting greater fence heights in the GI zoning district, allowing for the construction of an 8-foot-tall construction fence around the site of a Chick-fil-A distribution center and a Niagara Bottling facility.
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Elsmere directs medical cannabis issue to ballot
The city of Elsmere passed a resolution to put the medical cannabis question on the ballot during its July 9 city council meeting. The council unanimously voted to approve the resolution, following discussions at the July 2 caucus meeting that favored the ballot option for whether to allow medical cannabis businesses to operate within Elsmere […]
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Elsmere to adopt ballot measure for medical cannabis licensing
Elsmere City Council discussed zoning guidance for medical cannabis licensing at its July 2 caucus meeting, where the ballot measure came out ahead. In view of the legalization of medical cannabis in Kentucky beginning Jan. 1, 2025, each city must decide whether to allow medical cannabis businesses to operate within their jurisdictions, prohibit the licensing […]