Fort Thomas consistently ranks highly with regard to safety. Always a stalwart on top-ten lists that rank the safest cities in Kentucky, the bedroom community of 16,500 people places an emphasis on schools, housing stock and keeping its residents safe. Now open on Memorial Parkway in Fort Thomas! With new traffic patterns and school routines, […]
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Traffic Changes at Busy Intersections Could Be Indefinite
The Fort Thomas Police Department has been conducting traffic studies during the last two weeks to see whether or not allowing traffic to flow without crossing guards directing traffic. Officer Sean Donelan reported a successful experiment last week at the intersection of Memorial Parkway and N. Fort Thomas Avenue by allowing the crossing guard to […]
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ALERT: School Traffic Pattern to Change at Fort Thomas and Highland Avenues
This week, the Fort Thomas Police Department changed up the early morning traffic pattern at North Fort Thomas Avenue and Memorial Parkway by having the crossing guard there helping children cross at the intersection, but did not directing traffic. According to Fort Thomas Police Officer, Sean Donelan, that experiment was a success. He said that […]
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ALERT: New Traffic Pattern to Take Effect Monday Morning (1-22)
The Fort Thomas Police Department is temporarily changing up the early morning traffic pattern at a busy intersection to see if they can help improve efficiency in the traffic flow. On Monday, January 22 and Tuesday, January 23, there will not be a crossing guard to direct traffic at the intersection of North Fort Thomas […]
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Crossing Guard Hit This Morning on Highland Avenue in Fort Thomas
A crossing guard was hit this morning around 8:00 a.m. by a car traveling on Highland Avenue at James Avenue as the school day was beginning at Ruth Moyer Elementary in Fort Thomas. The school day begins at 8:15 a.m. and James Avenue is used for school drop-off, where a crossing guard is employed by […]
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Residents Condemn Dangerous Driving on Tremont Avenue
Residents’ signs on Tremont (provided by Rick Jamie) Residents on Tremont Avenue in Fort Thomas are mounting a campaign to combat what they say is seriously unsafe driving in their neighborhood. Tremont is a busy cut through street between South Fort Thomas Avenue and Grand Avenue, and the residents are deeply concerned with both speeding […]
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Fort Thomas Citizens Express Pedestrian Safety Concerns; City Council Talks Improvements
By Kara Uhl and Mark Collier The crosswalk in front of Highlands High School was originally proposed to be improved by Fort Thomas City Council. FTM file. Have motorists in Fort Thomas been trending toward more dangerous behavior behind the wheel? That’s the question that has been posed recently at Fort Thomas City Council as […]
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Important Message Regarding Traffic Patterns at Highlands High School
If you have a child at Highlands High School, you’ll want to listen up and share this message. Traffic patterns and student drop off/pick up procedure changes beginning February 16th. Highlands Principal, Brian Robinson, relayed the following message:
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Van Damme It’s Friday (Walk to School, School Lunches, #BeatColonels, Old Media)
My man Van Damme, pounding some Coors Light. FTM is not a sponsor for Miller Coors…. but we could be. – Superintendent Gene Kirchner checked in with Fort Thomas Matters regarding walk to school day. This is what he said: The walk to school marquee has to do with encouraging students to be active and […]
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Ft. Thomas Hump Day Notes (Walk to School Day, Mark v. Food Episode VI, Police Scanner)
– On the way home from dinner Sunday night, I jumped out of my truck at Highlands to the chagrin of my bride. I wanted to snap a quick picture of the Highlands Middle School marquee that was boasting October 3rd as Walk to School Day. Perhaps the traffic situation at the middle and high […]