It’s fish fry season once again in Northern Kentucky. The Catholic holiday of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which was on March 2. Catholic churches in the area host annual fish fries because the regulations of Lent require abstinence from the consumption of meat. However, due to rising food prices, some churches in the area […]
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Point Perk coffee shop helps people with disabilities achieve their highest potential
Riley Hurst could be the poster child for The Point/Arc’s success. Hurst came to the organization to make friends and come out of his shell; then, he discovered The Point Perk. The 19-year-old Fort Wright resident admits he had a hard time making friends. “I was a quiet kid,” Hurst said. “I am on the Autism Spectrum, […]
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Pulitzer Prize winning playwright presenting at NKU
Northern Kentucky University’s School of the Arts will be hosting Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes on Wednesday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. in NKU’s Corbett Theatre. As part of the SOTA Summit Series, her presentation, entitled “Art as Mayhem, Joy, Rebellion, and Home,” will be a rare opportunity for the community to interact with […]
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Covington adds three new street signs for the Lewis and Clark Historic Trail
The City of Covington installed three new brown street signs featuring the silhouettes of two buckskin-clad American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The signs signal Covington’s inclusion along the duo’s historic route that stretches over 5,000 miles across 16 states. Their expedition was arguably the most famous in U.S. history. The Lewis and Clark […]
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meetNKY Introduces Survey for Local Input to Support NKY Tourism
Northern Kentucky’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, meetNKY, has launched a resident survey to attract more visitors to the area. “Nearly half of all visitors come to Northern Kentucky to visit friends and family, making the voice of residents a valuable component of improving the visitor experience as our region looks ahead to 2030,” a news […]
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Newport Aquarium penguins pick Bengals to win Super Bowl
Penguins at the Newport Aquarium are getting in on the Bengals Super Bowl excitement. “Newport Aquarium’s African penguins have made their Super Bowl pick, and they’re backing the Cincinnati Bengals,” said a news release from the aquarium. Newport Aquarium’s Animal Care Team gave the penguins a chance to rush the field and play with some […]
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Kenton County Names Feb. 8 Emerald Trace Day
Written by Haley Parnell, LINK nky reporter Emerald Trace’s efforts have earned them an overall 5-star rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the highest ranking for any Medicare website. At Kenton County’s Fiscal Court meeting on Tuesday, the county recognized the hard work Emerald Trace on Turkeyfoot Road in Elsmere has done […]
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New Head Start Program Opens in Covington
A new Head Start location opened in Covington on Tuesday. The effort is a partnership between the Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission (NKCAC) and the Life Learning Center at 20 West 18th Street. Head Start is an early childhood education program that provides services to children of low-income households. In an announcement, it was noted […]
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NKY Students Win Honors in State Adopt-a-Highway Art Contest
Multiple Northern Kentucky students were among the winners in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s 2022 Adopt-a-Highway Art Contest, in which young Kentuckians play an active role in promoting a clean environment. “One way we make a Better Kentucky is to make a cleaner Kentucky,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. “These students have done great work in using their […]
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Book Review: A measure of Kentucky justice for a freed slave in the Jim Crow era
Written by James P. Dady, LINK nky contributor A Shot in the Moonlight is Ben Montgomery’s history of a deadly confrontation in 1897 between two dozen heavily-armed white nightriders and a former slave named George Dinning in Simpson County, Kentucky. On the pretext that Mr. Dinning had engaged in some stealing in the neighborhood, the intruders […]