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 […]
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Elsmere repeals negotiations with Flagship Communities REIT
Elsmere City Council called a special meeting last week to repeal a municipal order passed last year concerning negotiations with Flagship Communities REIT. The order authorized the city to acquire 18 acres of Heartland Pointe, a real estate property owned by Flagship Communities REIT at 1630 Garvey Ave., with the aim of constructing a public […]
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Elsmere PD defends hiring Tyler Brockman
The Elsmere Police Department has hired Tyler Brockman, a former Boone County Sheriff’s Deputy, despite backlash from some of the community due to his actions while employed with the Sheriff’s office.
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Slew of last-minute candidate filings puts some Kenton County positions into question
The final filing deadline for Kenton County’s municipal elections has resulted in 122 candidates running in contested races, including city government seats in Erlanger, Covington, Independence, Bromley, Crescent Springs, Edgewood, Elsmere, Erlanger, Fort Wright, Independence, Lakeside Park, Ludlow, Park Hills, Taylor Mill, and school board seats in Beechwood Independent Public Schools and Covington Independent Public Schools.
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Elsmere City Council discusses medical cannabis licensing
Elsmere City Council listened to a presentation on medical cannabis licensing at their June 4 caucus meeting. Medical cannabis will be legal in the state effective Jan. 1, 2025. Each individual city is responsible for creating the zoning regulations to make way or not allow those types of businesses to operate; however, if cities do […]
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Elsmere approves Housing Choice Vouchers program
The city of Elsmere has approved an agreement to administer the Housing Choice Vouchers program, which will provide federal funding to subsidize affordable housing for very low-income families, the elderly, the disabled and those with eligible immigrant status.
