MARCH IS UPON US! It’s time to announce the match-ups for the 3rd annual FortThomasMatters.com Best Business Bracket. What was once a nebulous 64-team field has found it’s way to 8. Voting will take place on FortThomasMatters Facebook page starting this Thursday (3/20) and will be tabulated by the amount of likes, shares and comments […]
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Former Smitty’s Barbershop Location Still Vacant
After FortThomasMatters broke the story that after 70 years, Smitty’s Barbershop would be forced to move from their location at 22 N. Fort Thomas Ave in the Hiland Building, it was assumed that a new business would soon occupy that space and the vacant space behind Smitty’s location.
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Fort Thomas City Council Notes (12-16-13)
Council met today for what would be the last meeting for 2013. The first meeting in 2014 (January 6) has already been canceled, due to lack of quorum. Here is the council meeting schedule for the rest of 2014. Councilmen Roger Peterman and Jay Fossett were not in attendance. Republican candidate for the Kentucky State Senate, […]
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BREAKING: Fort Thomas Landmark Business Forced to Move
An ad for Smitty’s Barbershop in the first ever Fort Thomas Living Magazine in 1977 When the property manager of the Hiland Building on North Fort Thomas Avenue asked co-owner of Smitty’s Barbershop, Brian Akers, a few months ago how long he wanted to be there, Akers recalled just how long former owner, Curvan (Smitty) […]