Dear Fort Thomas Community... In early October, longtime Fort Thomas Post Office employee Marchelle “Elle” Bertram was struck by a car on Memorial Parkway while walking near her home. Due to the severity of her injuries, she tragically passed away on October 15. To read her obituary, please click here. This sudden tragedy has been... Continue Reading →
By Jessica Eden, FTL Editor / Owner of Living Magazines Editor's Note: This story was published in our October 2026 print edition of Fort Thomas Living. There is something unassuming yet powerful about a simple ribbon. After all, it’s only tiny fibers that are dyed a certain color and woven together to create silk or... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: Fort Thomas Living is honored to share the following obituary with permission from the Younger Family. Photos provided by the Younger Family. The Fort Thomas community also displayed purple ribbons in honor of Mae. We received more than 100 photo submissions of these displays from the schools, extracurricular organizations, businesses and residents. To... Continue Reading →
Campbell County Public Library (CCPL)'s Newport Branch is the site of much excitement this November. Bluegrass singer and mandolin player Ashleigh Graham, along with her newly-formed band Appalachian Highway, featuring Jason Fraley (acoustic guitar), Matt Ledbetter (dobro) and bluegrass jack of all trades Steve Wilson (banjo, perform on Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 pm as... Continue Reading →
By Mary Casey-Sturk For over thirty years, St. Andrews Episcopal Church Fort Thomas has celebrated Highland heritage with an afternoon of Scottish tradition. The history of the St. Andrew’s began before 1900, when a local group of Episcopalians expressed interest in starting a church in Fort Thomas. Initially meeting at a school and later in... Continue Reading →
Homecoming exhibition opens November 6 and continues through November 22 Illustrator Lucie Rice and stained glass artist Jane Pompilio will share their work in Storytellers in Ink & Glass at 8 North Center for the Arts, opening Friday, November 6, 2026, with a public reception from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibition continues through November... Continue Reading →
By Chuck Keller, Writer “Space. The final frontier.” Well, you know the rest of the Star Trek introduction. This is a story about a local artist who sent his work to the moon and back. There are few who can claim that and Fort Thomas’ Greg Manchess is one of them. Manchess has been in... Continue Reading →
They say if you love something, let it go. But in the case of one local resident's class ring, it just took nearly a quarter of a century—and a very sharp eye—to find its way back home. It started as the final stretch of ordinary weekend yard work. While finishing up in the front yard,... Continue Reading →
By Chuck Keller, Writer The Nineteenth Century writer, Robert Ingersoll, wrote “We rise by lifting others,” and that pretty much describes Brady Dowling’s education career. Dowling and I got together one morning to chat over coffee shortly after he was appointed to be the new Assistant Principal of Highlands High School. Dowling has taken a... Continue Reading →
Taste Food and Wine Group has announced that Traveler’s Table will officially open to the public for dinner on Friday, Sept. 4, at 1011 S. Fort Thomas Ave. in Fort Thomas. With the invitation to “Travel the World Without Leaving the Table,” the new concept brings guests authentic dishes, wine traditions and stories from cultures around the world... Continue Reading →
