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Comprehensive coverage of the public meeting at Covington City Hall involving discussion of the future of the police and fire departments will be posted here.

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COVINGTON WOMAN'S EMAIL HACKED, REPORTER HELPS HER OUT

Via WKRC:

Local 12 News Reporter Rich Jaffe had a "conversation" with both the hacker and the victim. Rich was sitting at his desk this morning when he got an email that appears to be from a Covington woman named Karen Chambers. It said Chambers had been robbed in Madrid, lost everything and was headed back to her home in Northern Kentucky, but needed some money. It even gave Rich her home address in Covington along with home and cell phone numbers.

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COVINGTON BUSINESSES RECOGNIZED AS BEST OF NKY

NKY Magazine has published its August/September edition featuring the winners of its "Best of NKY" honors. The following Covington businesses were recognized:

360, Chez Nora, Covington Yoga, Dee Felice, Donna Salyers, flow - a shop for men, Geez'l Pete's, Jackson Florist, Joe Daniels - Daniels Fitness Training, Keystone Bar & Grill

Read about the winners here: NKY Magazine
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$30,000 GRANT TO RESTORE LINDEN GROVE CEMETERY POND
Good news:

Over the cemetery’s 169-year history, the site has fallen into various stages of disrepair and neglect only to be brought back to life with the help of caring citizens and the local courts.
Although the site is now more like a 22-acre park, Pete Nerone, Chairman of the Board for Linden Grove, says that the grounds lost its pond in the early 1960s when it was filled in during the construction of Interstate 71-75.
The pond once supplied a local brewery and provided a self-sustaining water source to the grounds. Thanks to the work of people like Nerone and former board member John Dietz, the pond is about to make a comeback.

Full story: Soapbox Cincinnati 
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QUICKIES
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US Judge strikes down EPA water rules for mines WKYT 
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Police capture naked man who fled Maysville hospital WKRC 
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NKY Chamber to discuss potential 2020 labor market Lane Report 
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KY Republicans may attack KY Democrats over national party's endorsement of same-sex marriage WFPL 
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Senators McConnell and Paul to speak at Kentucky Tea Party rally Herald-Leader 
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Editorial: Average Americans don't need assault weapons CNN 
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Old Enquirer building in Cincinnati to become hotel Business Courier 
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State Police accepting applications for next cadet class press release 
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KY Dept. of Education puts news on an app WKYT 
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Hey Kentuckians, register to win a FREE iPad press release 
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UK freshman Nerlens Noel gets advice from Massachusetts Governor Herald-Leader 
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NO NONSENSE SCIENCE ON GLOBAL WARMING THAT HAS SOMETHING FOR ALL
From an editorial published in the State-Journal (Frankfort):

CALL me a converted skeptic. Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming. Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists, I concluded that global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct. I’m now going a step further: Humans are almost entirely the cause.

My total turnaround, in such a short time, is the result of careful and objective analysis by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project, which I founded with my daughter Elizabeth. Our results show that the average temperature of the earth’s land has risen by two and a half degrees Fahrenheit over the past 250 years, including an increase of one and a half degrees over the most recent 50 years. Moreover, it appears likely that essentially all of this increase results from the human emission of greenhouse gases.

Read it all: State-Journal 
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DON'T MISS TUESDAY MORNING'S NEWS!
What cuts will be made to the City's police and fire departments? Your chance to weigh in is tonight; Group: KY school districts failing to protect kids from bullying; Plus, a drunken invitation to the Anchor Grill leads to fun exchange online.
The RC News: Tuesday Morning Round-Up 
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REGISTER FOR STATE PRESERVATION CONFERENCE
From a news release:

Online registration is now available for the 2012 Kentucky Historic Preservation Conference Sept. 20-22, with educational sessions primarily in Princeton and other activities planned in Dawson Springs, Eddyville and Kuttawa. For more, visit www.kypreservationconference.org 

This year is the first time the biennial conference is taking place away from a major metropolitan region, and this regional approach is reflected in the theme “Our Towns: Partnering Regionally, Preserving Locally,” which emphasizes the need to focus local efforts in neighborhoods and communities while seeking opportunities to work together regionally for the economic benefit of all.

Conference co-sponsors are the Kentucky Heritage Council/State Historic Preservation Office and Preservation Kentucky Inc., with presenting sponsors the city of Princeton, Princeton Main Street/Renaissance on Main, Princeton Tourism Commission, Lyon County Tourism, and the Dawson Springs Main Street and Preservation Program, with assistance from many other local organizations.
Guest speakers include Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham, author of “On Bended Knees: The Night Rider Story,” “Castle: The Story of a Kentucky Prison” and other titles focusing on the region’s history; Art Jackson, Director of the Small Towns Economic Prosperity (STEPs) initiative for the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center Inc.; economist Donovan Rypkema, principal of PlaceEconomics in Washington, D.C., who will discuss his new report “Historic Preservation and Rightsizing”; and Jane Turville, writer, director and producer of the award-winning movie “The Greenest Building.”

More details: Click Here 
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10 WAYS TO RESEARCH HISTORY OF YOUR HOUSE
Interesting stuff:

When we make friends we like to learn about them -- we ask them where they grew up, where they went to school, and when they were born.
Our homes are a lot like that. We spend time with them, value them, and take care of them. So it makes sense that we want to know more about them -- who lived there before, how it’s changed over time, and when it was built.
If only walls could talk, right? Instead, here are 10 ways to uncover the story behind your older or historic home (or any other building you’re interested in):

Check out the tips here: Preservation Nation