Twenty-two baseball and softball teams from 11 Northern Kentucky high schools received $22,500 worth of baseball and softball equipment earlier today at the Griffin Elite Sports and Wellness complex, thanks to St. Elizabeth Healthcare and the Cincinnati Reds. Sal Romano, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, joined representatives from St. Elizabeth, the Reds Community Fund and […]
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Home is Where the Heart Is
Matt, Krissy and the Richard family (provided). by Colin Moore It’s a pretty normal Thursday morning. The kids are eating breakfast and you’re getting ready to head to the YMCA for bootcamp. But then your husband, who is thirty five and admirably healthy, comes down and he’s kind of off. He says he feels like […]
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Fort Thomas Weekend News & Notes
1. St Elizabeth joined the Mayo Clinic Health Network this week. This means that the Fort Thomas hospital will reap the benefits. According to the Business Courier: The affiliation with Mayo Clinic will give St. Elizabeth patients access to the prestigious clinic and its team of specialists. Its physicians will gain access to evidence-based disease […]
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2011 General Services Department Annual Report
Recently, the 2011 General Services Department Annual Report was compiled to summarize the projects performed by this important but often unnoticed department of the city. While this was no Fifty Shades of Grey, it was still a very interesting read. As the report contains a wealth of information, it will be discussed in two separate […]
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Two for Tuesday News
Two quick notes on some things of interest: 1. Cardinal Hills Rehab Hospital which is housed in St Elizabeth’s Fort Thomas location is closing. The closure means a loss of 92 positions. Lets hope they replace the space with other specialized health services that can make the hospital relevant for health care in the region. […]
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St. Elizabeth Receives a Checkup (Guest Post by Ben Petracco)
Drive along Grand Avenue and you may notice the hillside being tapered back from foliage, the sidewalks being torn up and construction equipment all along the street. Based on my last post, I guess I have a thing for streetscapes, but this caught my eye. I inquired with Ron Dill, the Director of General Services […]
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Update on St Elizabeth’s Plans
It has been a while since I last spoke about the changes coming to the former St Luke hospital that is now a part of the St Elizabeth health network. Gone are the shrubs on the hillside that spelled out St Luke and all the signage now shows the St Elizabeth logos. The traditional hospital […]
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Annexed Land Behind Mildred Dean Elementary
The city of Newport outmenouvered Fort Thomas yesterday with news of the annexation of unincorporated land behind Mildred Dean Elementary and adjacent to St Elizabeth Hospital. This is important because Mildred Dean will be closing soon and it opens up development possibilities. Who, you might ask, would be interested in that real estate? Afterall it […]
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Changes at St Luke
So by now you must have heard about St Elizabeth’s reorganization as they integrate the two St Luke hospitals into their health care system. The bottom line is the loss of obstetrics at the St Luke East Hospital. I doubt this has a major impact on the Fort Thomas community per se as no one […]