Northern Kentucky University will honor its active military and veteran community by providing resources, education, and other activities during the Green Zone Brigade Takeover Day on March 23 from 1 p.m. through 5 p.m. The Green Zone Brigade is a group of NKU faculty and staff who are trained in aiding veterans and active military. […]
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Newport Commissioner is a hobbyist for home brewing
When Newport Commissioner Mike Radwanski isn’t busy with city tasks or his day job, there’s a good chance he’s in his basement brewing a Czech or German-style lager. Radwanski got the idea to start brewing his own beer in 2007 from a Sam Adam commercial, marketing their “Longshot” contest. He said he never participated in […]
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Dayton receives federal grant for youth traffic garden
A $25,000 federal grant will fund Dayton’s small-scale safety town, known as a traffic garden, for children in low-income communities to learn about pedestrian and traffic safety through hands-on activities. The projects are being created to work with community-based groups representing underserved populations to provide safe youth mobility options like walking, biking, or riding a […]
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Sweet Tooth Candies celebrates 50 years of Easter favorites
Sweet Tooth Candies is celebrating its 50th Easter with homemade opera cream eggs, chocolate ganache bunnies, and more. These treats have been a Newport tradition since 1972. It all started 50 years ago, when Bob and Norma Schneider opened the business. They started making custom candy for their church and Easter events, and before they […]
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On The Street Where You Live – Midnight Run
Midnight Run is the entrance street to Revere’s Crossing subdivision in Independence. Each of the four streets are named in reference to Paul Revere. Midnight Run is half mile long leading from Taylor Mill Road to a dead end. Bev and Terry Dullaghan Seventeen years ago, Taylor Mills residents Bev and Terry Dullaghan were looking […]
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Couple wins $1 million on scratch-off from Alexandria gas station
Those who drive through Alexandria are familiar with the double Speedway locations on Alexandria Pike, but one of the gas stations proved to be luckier than the other this week. Truck driver Michael Allen was traveling through the area on Wednesday and decided to stop at the Speedway location, at 7930 Alexandria Pike, and bought […]
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Dayton to see new development, infrastructure improvements this year
Improvements are planned for Dayton sidewalks and code enforcement this year as new developments are underway in the city. Dayton Mayor Ben Baker delivered his second annual “state of the city” remarks during the city council meeting earlier this month. Baker said the city is seeing growth with new people moving in and making Dayton […]
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Alejandra Flores brings Honduran coffee to Dayton ‘una taza’ at a time
When Alejandra Flores was 7 years old, her parents sent her to Miami every two years from her home city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, so that she could visit family and “practice her English.” At the time, her 7-year-old self didn’t know that investment into her education to become bilingual would open the door for her […]
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Campbell County Public Library Newport branch hosting book sale
Stock up on reads at the Campbell County Public Library’s Friends of the Library Book Sale this weekend. The library is hosting the event from Jan. 12 through Jan. 14 in the Friends Room on the lower level of the Newport Branch at 901 East 6th St. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prices range […]
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From Puerto Rico to Ukraine: How NKY’s melting pot celebrates the New Year
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 23 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, people around the world will celebrate a brand new year — but in somewhat unusual ways. Americans raise a champagne toast and some may wake […]