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Where to volunteer? Site makes it easy
The beauty of community service, says Joe Hansbauer, is that it doesn’t require any special skill. You don’t need a high IQ, superior athletic ability, popularity or powerful vocal cords. You only must be passionate about something, he says, and willing...
Posted: 9/18/2011 3:00 PM in EnterChange
The War on Higher Education
Photo courtesy of here. Guest article by John T. McNay, a Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati—UC Blue Ash. This is an updated version of a piece that appeared in the September 2011 issue of Passport, the newsletter of The Society of Historians...
Posted: 9/18/2011 11:16 AM in The Cincinnati Beacon
Playboy Club failed to transform city’s culture
By Jim Rohrer On Monday, NBC launches “The Playboy Club,” (10 p.m., Channels 5, 22) a new series hyped as “a provocative drama about a time and place that … transformed American culture. “It’s the early 1960s, and at the center of Chicago lies the legendary...
Posted: 9/18/2011 6:54 AM in Our History
Refurbished Taft is last of Downtown’s palaces
By Cliff Radel She stands tall and intact. And alone. The Taft Theatre, refurbished and reopened Sept. 12, 2011, is the last of Downtown’s pleasure palaces. Theaters by the names of Albee, Shubert, Capitol, Grand and Palace are dust. They were built during...
Posted: 9/18/2011 6:35 AM in Our History
Legislators eager for Obama visit
COVINGTON – President Obama’s visit Thursday to the Brent Spence Bridge has sparked excitement in Kentucky from residents along Interstate 75, local legislators and the governor and has raised hopes the long-delayed bridge replacement will get funded....
Posted: 9/17/2011 2:18 PM in Kentucky Politics
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New Report to Show Cincinnati Area Ranks Among Smoggiest in the Country
Environment Ohio will be releasing a new report showing that smog pollution in the Cincinnati area ranks it among the smoggiest areas in the country, and puts residents’ health at risk. Smog is a harmful air pollutant that leads to asthma attacks and...
Posted: 9/16/2011 5:27 PM in The Cincinnati Beacon
Anna Louise Inn residents sue Western & Southern, Violated rights under Federal Fair Housing Act
Cincinnati, OH – Sixteen residents of Cincinnati Union Bethel’s Anna Louise Inn sued Western & Southern Financial Group in U.S. District Court this morning. The residents state that their rights under the Federal Fair Housing Act are being violated by...
Posted: 9/16/2011 3:40 PM in The Cincinnati Beacon
Moerlein Lager House to open Feb. 6
The Cincinnati Park Board and Moerlein Lager House announced that the restaurant and brewery in Smale Riverfront Park, adjacent to The Banks, will open its doors on Monday, Feb. 6. Planners had originally said they were hoping for a fall opening. The...
Posted: 9/16/2011 11:23 AM in New in Town
Pillich vs. Jones in SB5 debate
State Rep. Connie Pillich, D-Montgomery, and State Sen. Shannon Jones, R-Springboro, will square off on Sept. 22 to debate Issue 2, which is on the Nov. 8 ballot. Issue 2 is a petition-driven referendum to repeal Senate Bill 5, a collective bargaining...
Posted: 9/16/2011 11:14 AM in Politics Extra
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