The Brighton Center has been chosen to participate in a charitable giving campaign, and the community can help direct a portion of the donation to the organization. The campaign, sponsored by Target, runs now through September 30. Votes can be cast through the Target Circle program to help determine how their donation will be divided up, and […]
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5 Tips for Saving Money at Target
(Preview tip: These mirror sets were marked down to $12 last week!) This recent post was popular on Simply Sarah Style, so I thought I would share it with the Fort Thomas community. If you’re anything like me, you’re always running down to the Newport Target. Enjoy! Target is, by far, one of my favorite […]
Newport Pavilion Update
I recently noticed that Goodman had been replaced as the leasing agent at the Newport Pavilion with Anchor Real Estate. This prompted me to reach out to Anchor to find out the current status of the development and there are some exciting things on the horizon. First lets start with the success of Kroger and […]
No Local KMart/Sears to Close… Right Now
No local Kmart or Sears stores will be shut down during the first round of closures from the retailer giant. A list was recently published on Sears’ website, which can be viewed here. The Sears Hardware store in Newport was shut down prior to this announcement. (For conversation of what could be moving into this […]
Thursday Quick Links
A few quick notes: 1) More burglaries in Fort Thomas. Received a Nixle message from Det. Brad Adams of the Fort Thomas Police today. Here’s the message: Over the past couple of weeks, the City of Fort Thomas has experienced a couple of burglaries. The burglaries appear to have occurred during daytime hours and entry […]
Target Opens! (with pictures)
And Fort Thomas Matters was there. Actually the very first one in the store after the ribbon was cut. Now I have one of those types of stories you can tell your grand kids. Here are some pictures from the event: Newport Mayor, Jerry Peluso, looks on as Target employees cut the ribbon to “loosely” […]
Snow Day Links
So I moved my normal administrative day from Wednesday to Thursday today on account of the annual predicted “White Death” as predicted by our local meteorological geniuses. Looking out my window at 10:30 am today on North Ft. Thomas, I’m pretty sure we all would’ve been fine with our normal routine. Anyway, here are a […]
The Latest on the Newport Pavilion
Today the Business Courier reported that Target is still planning a summer 2010 open date which I still find hard to believe considering not 1 brick or ounce of concrete has been poured. With that being said it is encouraging to hear a confirmation from Target – the first such confirmation in some time. The […]
Recent Observations in Fort Thomas
1. Found a good blog via twitter by Breanna Gaddie who bills herself as a photojournalist. She has some good pictures on the site and from time to time visits Fort Thomas. Her most recent post includes a dinner at Pergola. Speaking of Pergola, I am hearing more and more people talking about how Pergola […]
Update on Newport Pavilion
This week’s edition of the Cincinnati Business Courier gives an update on the Newport Pavilion shopping center off 471 and Memorial Pkwy. Despite the progress that has been made this spring the time line continues to slip for openings and Bear Creek Capital continues to be tight lipped regarding final tenants. I placed multiple calls […]

