One of Cincinnati’s smallest villages is planning a big upgrade: A new riverfront park. The village of North Bend has big plans for what it’s calling William Henry Harrison Park – to be located across the street from the ninth president’s tomb and state memorial site, right next to the North Bend Boat Club. The […]
A legendary Cincinnati voice has gone silent. Popular local radio personality Jim Scott, who retired as 700 WLW-AM morning radio host in 2015, died Friday of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was 81. Scott, of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, was a familiar voice on Cincinnati’s airwaves for 46 years as morning host for WLW, WSAI-AM and others. […]
Cincinnati’s controversial plan to overhaul its zoning code, known as Connected Communities, aims to offer a sweeping solution to the city’s housing shortage. Years in the making, the proposal goes to its second of three public votes Tuesday at city council’s Equitable Growth & Housing Committee. The meeting follows the May 17th planning commission meeting, […]
The Enquirer’s Just Askin’ series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. University of Cincinnati students and alumni proudly wear their Bearcat mascot as a badge of honor. It’s been over a century since the inception of the UC Bearcat. The mascot’s image has evolved, from a […]
How do you judge the quality of a workplace? Ask the experts: The employees. For the 15th year, employee survey firm Energage has partnered with The Enquirer to determine the best places to work in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. It’s not a popularity contest, and not everyone gets a blue ribbon. A select few […]
Happy Friday, Daily Briefing fans. This is Keith Pandolfi, the food and dining writer for The Enquirer. It’s no secret I’m a fan of old restaurants. The more battered millwork and antique lighting, the better. Lucky for me, Greater Cincinnati is home to several establishments that are more than a century (and in one case, […]
The Enquirer’s Just Askin’ series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. It’s not even a stone’s throw from one side of Cincinnati’s smallest park to the other. Thornton Triangle is the smallest park maintained by the Cincinnati Parks system. Known as a pocket park, the slice […]
Happy Bockfest, everyone! I don’t know about you, but I’ll be taking off early today so I can head down to Arnold’s Bar & Grill for the kickoff to this year’s Bockfest Parade, which will wind through the streets of Over-the-Rhine before ending with the blessing of a beer keg at Old Saint Mary’s Church. […]
Let me introduce you to the Fossetts, one of Cincinnati’s most influential couples. Nearly a century before Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Sarah Mayrant Walker Fossett took a stand and helped desegregate Cincinnati’s streetcar system. Her husband, Peter Farley Fossett, was a pastor, a member of an elite catering family and secretly a […]