Law, Labor and Licensing Committee Chair David Cameron (r) reports on chicken ordinance. (Councilmember Ken Bowman listens at left.) by Robin Gee City Council passed the expected property tax rate increase at its September 18 meeting. Voting four to two, council passed a 2.4 percent hike in the 2017 property tax rate for a new […]
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City Council Roundup: Property Tax Discussion Points to Increase
Council members Ken Bowman and David Cameron during the tax rate discussion. by Robin Gee The 2017 property tax rate was the primary focus of the first of two Fort Thomas City Council meetings scheduled in September. The council met on September 5 to discuss a proposal for the property tax rate, taking into account […]
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City Council Roundup: Trash Collection To Increase 28.6 Percent
By Robin Gee Some 400 Fort Thomas citizens were involved one way or the other in helping to bring about the week-long celebration of the city’s Sesquicentennial. “From my standpoint it was one of the most awesome experiences I have ever had,” said Mayor Eric Haas. “It was a wonderful week, and thank you to […]
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Backyard Chickens Bring Up Issues in Fort Thomas
The Dunbar family is asking for a change to the chicken ordinance to accommodate corner lots. These chickens got loose on S. Fort Thomas Avenue. Picture: Kelly Berry Perry. by Robin Gee Waking up to “cuckadoodledo” at six in the morning was not part of the plan when Bryan and Jordan Dunbar and their five […]
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Hey, “Chicken” People, Click Here
We’ve found the University of Kentucky, “Big Blue Nation” effect for website clicks: talk about backyard chickens. After our story entitled, “Chicken Story” became one of the most read stories on the site, which really didn’t shed any new or groundbreaking information and after the blog poll received more than double the amount of votes […]
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Fort Thomas News – Week of April 25th
Tons of news this week so lets get right to it: 1. Another Highlands football star commits to a local division I program. After Patrick Towles commitment to UK a few weeks ago we got word this weekend that Drake Bruns has committed to UC. Dale Mueller has compared Drake to Mike Mitchell who was […]
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Fort Thomas News – Week of April 18th
1. Governor Steve Beshear has recognized Brandon Pickering’s sacrifice this week. As a part of this recognition the Governor has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of Pvt. Pickering’s interment. This date has not been set, despite Mark’s post earlier about a service in Fort Thomas […]
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April Fort Thomas News in Social Media
As a reminder – this feature summarizes the extra things that we post on our Facebook page or Twitter account that may not show up on the site. Take a look and if there is anything interesting to you then friend or follow us. Residential Chicken story that didn’t run along with article links describing how Colerain, Ludlow, and Loveland […]