The Park Hills MKT & Garden Tour returns in June. Twelve private gardens will be featured as part of the tour, which will include trolley rides on June 22 and 23, 12 to 6 p.m. One featured garden will be found on a 9.5-acre estate that dates back to 1922, and was the homestead […]
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Photos: Memorial Day Parades in Erlanger, Park Hills & Florence
Memorial Day parades drew crowds in Erlanger, Florence, and Park Hills on Monday. RCN’s Patricia A. Scheyer produced these photos. For photos of the Covington, Newport, and Bellevue-Dayton parades, click here.
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Covington Catholic Chamber Choir Releases New Album
The Covington Catholic High School Chamber Choir released a new album this week. I Lived features six songs, “To Where You Are”, “Kiss from a Rose”, “Homeward Bound”, “I Lived”, “Bless the Broken Road”, and “For Good”. The songs are available on iTunes and the album sells for $10. Members of the Chamber Choir include graduating […]
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Park Hills Approves Placement of School Resource Officer at Covington Catholic
Park Hills city council approved a contract with Covington Catholic High School to place a school resource officer from the police department on campus during the day. Cov Cath agreed to pay 100 percent of the salary for the new officer, not to exceed $42,000. The city will pay for uniforms and equipment up […]
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Park Hills Approves Bonds for Condos, Officer for Covington Catholic
The City of Park Hills will move forward on placing a police officer at Covington Catholic High School and on the issuance of industrial revenue bonds for the Park Pointe subdivision project. Some on council opposed the placement of a public police officer at a private school, while supporters argued that Covington Catholic would be […]
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New Hilltop Subdivision to Be Considered for Bonds
A special meeting of the Park Hills city council will take place on April 22 to discuss $60 million in industrial revenue bonds (IRB) to be issued for the Park Pointe residential project. The Commonwealth of Kentucky explains IRB as as a special option of state and local governments to help finance development projects, which […]
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Park Hills, Williamstown Awarded $1.8 Million for Projects
The cities of Park Hills and Williamstown received a combined amount of nearly $1.8 million in federal funds awarded through the state for special projects, it was announced on Tuesday. Governor Matt Bevin and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced $1,795,723 in Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funds to improve infrastructure for non-drivers. “We are grateful for […]
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Park Hills Police Expected to Provide Officer to Covington Catholic
Park Hills Police Chief Cody Stanley offered an update to city council on the ongoing talks to place a uniformed officer inside Covington Catholic High School. Stanley said that the school is willing to pay for 97 percent of the cost to have an officer present on campus each school day. The city would pay […]
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Housing Development Continues to Raise Questions at Council Meetings
Park Hills city council may soon invited representatives from Sanitation District 1 to an upcoming meeting to discuss the utility’s role in the Park Pointe residential development along the Covington-Park Hills border where Gateway Community & Technical College previously operated a campus. In February, resident Joe Daugherty had expressed concern about the design of a […]
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Agreement with Subdivision Developer Not Without Critics
Though there is an agreement between the developers of the new residential project known as Park Point, and the City of Park Hills, not everyone is happy about the agreement’s contents. Some of the concerns were expressed at the Park Hills city council caucus meeting this week. Paul Zeltwanger, a partner at the firm Joshua […]
