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Big Bone plans ‘ghost hunt’
Join Big Bone Lick State Park staff for a night of paranormal investigating Saturday, March 26, from 7:30 p.m. until midnight. Cost is $20 per person or $30 per couple. Learn the various ins and outs of ghost hunting by seeing and getting familiar with...
Posted: 3/14/2011 1:02 PM in The Boone Blog
Gateway offers HVAC licensing exam prep
The Workforce Solutions Division of Gateway Community and Technical College will offer a preparatory course this spring to prepare heating, ventilation and air conditioning technicians for journeyman and masters licensing tests. The 45 contact-hour course...
Posted: 3/14/2011 9:59 AM in The Boone Blog
Highway renamed after jockey Cauthen
By Stephanie Salmons • ssalmons@nky.com A portion of Ky. 14 will be renamed Steve Cauthen Highway, in honor of Kentucky native and Triple Crown winning jockey Steve Cauthen. House Joint Resolution 71, sponsored by Rep. Addia Wuchner, of Florence, passed...
Posted: 3/14/2011 9:23 AM in The Boone Blog
Florence celebrates Bushelman’s life
By Nancy Daly • ndaly@nky.com Family, friends and colleagues came together to remember the life of Ted Bushelman Saturday afternoon at a community celebration at the World of Golf in Florence. Several hundred people came to honor the Florence City Council...
Posted: 3/12/2011 5:16 PM in The Boone Blog
Lalley, Boone animal advocate, dies at 76
By Nancy Daly • ndaly@nky.com Carolyn Lalley, 76, a longtime supporter of the Boone County Animal Shelter, died Friday, March 11, after an eight-month battle with renal cancer. The Florence resident was treasurer of Friends of the Shelter, a group that...
Posted: 3/12/2011 2:21 PM in The Boone Blog
Boone scores high on ACT prep tests
By Justin B. Duke • jbduke@nky.com Boone County Schools is celebrating its success on ACT preparation exams. Across the district, eighth-graders took the EXPLORE test and sophomores took the PLAN test. The results left them scoring highly across the region...
Posted: 3/11/2011 12:18 PM in The Boone Blog
Column: Good news from friends in Japan
Justin B. Duke • Reporter’s Notebook Like many of you, I woke up to the news of the earthquake in Japan and the unbelievable images of the tsunami. Like many in Boone County, I have friends in Japan and I immediately started wondering how they were all...
Posted: 3/11/2011 11:04 AM in The Boone Blog
Students get inside look at Florence government
By Justin B. Duke • jbduke@nky.com Hundreds of children are set to flock upon the Florence Government Center. The students will be there for Florence’s Youth in Government program. As part of the program, students from Boone County Schools’ elementary...
Posted: 3/11/2011 10:41 AM in The Boone Blog
County approves ZF Steering credit
By Stephanie Salmons • ssalmons@nky.com Boone County leaders unanimously approved an economic incentive that will allow a local business to expand significantly. Officials heard the second reading of an ordinance that would authorize a 0.25 percent credit...
Posted: 3/11/2011 10:20 AM in The Boone Blog
Thornwilde school gets $17 million bid
By Justin B. Duke • jbduke@nky.com Boone County Schools has the builder for its 14th elementary school. The district sifted through eight bids to select Cincinnati-based Monarch Construction to build its new elementary school in the Thornwilde subdivision...
Posted: 3/11/2011 10:04 AM in The Boone Blog
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