Mayor Eric Haas congratulates Chuck Keller, who picked up the first place Most Original award for the Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy. By Robin Gee, City Council Beat Editor Perhaps all Fort Thomas residents who braved record breaking heat to attend this year’s Fort Thomas Independence Day Parade deserve kudos but city council singled out a […]
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Preservation Creates a Living Legacy for the City’s Future
Courtesy Teresa Hill Sometimes the best things hide in plain sight. Take trees. Well, forests, actually. We seldom give them much thought because we are surrounded by them. But we need to do just that. And sometimes the same applies to people. The best hide in plain sight. For example, if you don’t know Teresa […]
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Secret Honey Hole Discovered In Harlan Hubbard Studio
Did you hear the buzz about the sweet discovery? Harlan Hubbard’s studio which was recently put on the National Register of Historic Places. FTM file. Hidden away behind a historical home is a small detached studio with an amazing story. Sidney Thomas, the wife of the late Bill Thomas, owns the home and the surrounding […]
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Meet Leonard Beck, Local Nature Photgrapher
“I’ve spent most of my life studying and teaching about the natural world. My goal as a photographer is to share those moments with others.” As a photography enthusiast, I am always so impressed when I come across a photographer who captures images so beautifully. It amazes me the patience and skill it takes to […]
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Fort Thomas Conservancy Model Garden Clean Up
Pictures courtesy Mary Lou Keller and Larry Holladay. By Chuck Keller The Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy kicked off the season with a sprucing up of the Native Model Garden in Tower Park on April 2. A group of UC students, organized by Paula Breslin, Fort Thomas resident and the Academic Program Director for McMicken […]
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Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy Has Plans to Preserve This Plot of Land
The Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy (FTFC) has acquired 22-acres of land in the southern part of the City of Fort Thomas.
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Mama on a Budget: September Guide to Family Fun
Summer’s over and the pool is closed. Kids are back in school and weekends are filling up with soccer games, camping trips, and homework. However, in between these activities, what is there to do? If you find your weekend calendar suddenly empty, take a look at the below for a guide to family fun. All […]
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Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy to host A Day In The Park April 26
The Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy has A Day in the Park planned for April 26 to reforest Rossford Park. The day will be packed full of fun events and volunteer work aimed at making the park beautiful once again.
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Green Thumbs Unite!
Usually I would not encourage our readers to congregate in stranger’s yards and loiter in their gardens, but on June 22 there will be an opportunity to enjoy this city’s most beautiful gardens. The fourth annual Fort Thomas Garden Tour will be upon us in one month. The tour will take place on June 22 […]
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Tower Park Ecological Transformation
If you haven’t been to the Tower Park trails lately you are in for a surprise. The NKU Center for Applied Ecology has spent over $1,000,000 restoring the ecosystem of the park. Take a look at the difference: Notice the massive difference without all the honeysuckle obscuring more than 10 feet ahead. Also, the massive […]