Anderson Twp. buys new heart monitor
By Lisa Wakeland • lwakeland@communitypress.com ANDERSON TWP. – Paramedics will soon have a new heart monitor and defibrillator. The township trustees recently approved the purchase, at an amount not to exceed $30,000. Fire Chief Mark Ober said the new...
Posted: 5/25/2011 7:31 PM in Eye on the Eastside
Man collecting yard equipment for charity
By Lisa Wakeland • lwakeland@communitypress.com One day last fall, as Mike Ring drove around Mariemont, he noticed a number of lawnmowers set out on the curb. Most of them were in decent shape, he said, and it sparked an idea. He began picking up a couple...
Posted: 5/25/2011 7:19 PM in Eye on the Eastside
Senate rejects Rand Paul budget plan
The U.S. Senate has shot down a plan by Bowling Green Republican Rand Paul to balance the federal budget within the next five years. The resolution failed by a vote of 7-90. Here’s the statement from Paul’s office: Senate Votes on Sen. Paul’s Balanced...
Posted: 5/25/2011 7:08 PM in Kentucky Politics
More cooking classes at Gorman Farm
Gorman Heritage Farm will host two cooking classes for young chefs this summer. On June 12, children ages eight and up will learn how to make tamales in the Hot Tamales! cooking class. Students will make masa from dried corn on the farm. They will learn...
Posted: 5/25/2011 7:05 PM in Tri-County Tips
Williamsburg Garden Club to meet June 7
The Williamsburg Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at the home of Joy Russell. Hostesses for the evening are Kay Reveal and Anita Russell. Larry Moore will present the program “How to Grow and Care for Dahlias.” The specimen is to be a...
Posted: 5/25/2011 6:53 PM in Consider This Clermont
Free concert at Gorman Heritage Farm June 17
Gorman Heritage Farm and the Evendale Chamber are hosting a free concert on Saturday, June 17 at the Gorman Heritage Farm Pavilion. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the concert, featuring Ben Lapps an acoustic fingerstyle guitarist, will run from 6 p.m. to 8...
Posted: 5/25/2011 6:24 PM in Tri-County Tips
Martin of Batavia joins Directions Research Inc.
Directions Research, Inc. has hired Becky Martin as a senior research analyst. DRI provides marketing research services to clients in the food retailing, consumer packaging, food manufacturing, financial services, technology and healthcare fields. Prior...
Posted: 5/25/2011 6:05 PM in Consider This Clermont