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- Potluck, meeting planned in Florence
The Tri-City Chapter of Church Women United will hold its annual meeting and potluck supper at 6 p.m. Friday at Grace Episcopal Church, 7111 Price Pike, Florence.
- Diabetes workshop scheduled
FLORENCE -- If you have diabetes or pre-diabetes, the Northern Kentucky Health Department's diabetes program is holding a workshop for you to learn more about the disease.
- New Friends luncheon held at Turfway
FLORENCE -- A New Friends of Northern Kentucky luncheon will be held at 10:15 a.m. today at Turfway Park, 7500 Turfway Road.
- ZF Ceo's U.S. plan: Consolidate, cultivate
At ZF Friedrichshafen, CEO Hans-Georg Haerter is both pruning and planting in North America.
- Multi Vehicle Accident Slows Traffic In NKy.
Crews are on the scene of an accident that has blocked several lanes of traffic along northbound I75/71 in Florence, Kentucky.
- He might want to take a mulligan on that burglary
A golf cart used to crash through a storefront so the operator could steal several cases of beer wasn't much of a getaway car.
- Diabetes workshop planned
BOONE CO. -- The Northern Kentucky Health Department will hold a diabetes workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan.
- Boone County has curb pickup
Looking to get rid of that live Christmas tree? Each Northern Kentucky county offers free 'treecycling' during the next few weeks.
- Free smoking cessation class offered
A free smoking cessation program can help you save more than $21 per week if you successfully quit smoking, based on the average cost of cigarettes for someone who smokes a pack a day.
- N.Ky. aims to keep finances in line
The effects of the recession are hitting home for local governments, which have begun to see tax receipts and other sources of revenue fall short of projections.
- Construction Underway, Beware Of Back-Ups
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 would like the public to be aware of the following conditions and/or operations that are being reported for highways in District Six.
- Avoid deep cuts, Beshear told
Gov. Steve Beshear came to the heart of tobacco country Thursday night to discuss his proposal to raise Kentucky's cigarette tax by 70 cents a pack.
- Charges against Carter jail employees dismissed
A judge has dismissed charges against two current employees and one former worker at the Carter County Detention Center after a special prosecutor failed to state reason why he should not do so.
- Florence OKs Freedom park turf
City Council unanimously approved a budget amendment Tuesday that includes spending up to $1 million to install artificial turf at Champion Window Field.
- There's room in the inn
And Jesus said, "If you love me, feed my sheep." - John 21 In the aftermath of the coming of Toyota to our community in the mid-1980s, a whole new infrastructure of service industries began to grow in my ...
- Florence planners cancel meeting
The city council Planning and Zoning Committee's monthly meeting, set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, has been canceled.
- Rites of Passage held
Morehead State Universitya s Office of Multicultural Student Services sponsored its 20th Annual Rites of Passage Graduation Celebration program on Dec.
- Samuel M. Carlotta
ELSMERE - Samuel M. Carlotta, 77, died Thursday, Dec. 4, at St. Elizabeth Hospice, Edgewood.
- Turf-cost protest won't stop Florence
FLORENCE - The city is poised to move forward on installing artificial turf at Champion Window Field, despite the objections of some residents.
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City DescriptionFlorence is a city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 23,551 at the 2000 census.
The Florence area was originally known as Crossroads, because of the convergence of several roads from Burlington and Union at Ridge Road (now U.S. 25). By 1821, the area was known as Maddentown, named for Thomas Madden, a Covington attorney who owned a farm on the Burlington Pike. When Madden moved away, the area became known as Connersville in 1828, for Jacob Conner, a settler who assumed responsibility for the growing town. The town was renamed Florence as another Connersville already existed in Harrison County. It was incorporated on January 27, 1830 and grew quickly after the completion of the Covington-Lexington Turnpike in 1836.
Florence is located at 38°59′36″N 84°38′33″W / 38.99333, -84.6425 (38.993225, -84.642602).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.9 square miles (25.6 km²), of which, 9.9 square miles (25.6 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.30%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 23,551 people, 9,640 households, and 6,073 families residing in the city. The population density was ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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