Around Anderson

Nagel Middle School is one of four Cincinnati-area schools selected by The Ohio River Foundation for a new pilot rain garden program.  What’s a rain garden?

By planting a garden like this one on Nagel school grounds, the students will help reduce runoff and clean pollution from storm water that eventually ends up in the Ohio [...]

Here’s a way to help Anderson Township go green, literally, and for free!
The Anderson Township Street Tree Committee is giving away one thousand tree seedlings to residents on Saturday April 25th to help celebrate Arbor Day.  Never mind that Arbor Day is Friday the 24th.  You can have your pick of ten different varieties, from [...]

Many Anderson Township residents know Jim Anderson as a business leader, including serving recently as interim executive director of the Anderson Township Chamber of Commerce. Back in 2006, Anderson suffered two strokes. He temporarily lost his ability to speak and doctors said he might never walk again. Less than three years later, [...]

What if the area around US-32, from Batavia through Newtown and Anderson to downtown, was growing like the Northern suburbs? What if we had a major highway and even rail service? Would we see development like along I-75 between Cincinnati and Dayton?  Would you take the train to work?

Thanks to $20 million in [...]

Cincinnati Police and Hamilton County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a bank robber in the area around Beechmont Avenue and Corbly in Mt. Washington.

The man entered the Union Savings Bank just before 3pm Friday (3/20), showed a gun and left with cash. Police are interviewing witnesses who saw the man run from the scene. [...]

The signs of Spring are popping up all over Anderson Township.  Flowers are blooming, the stink of fresh mulch is in the air, and the greatest musical theater group in the history of our community returns to the stage.
The Forest-Aires have announced “Encore! 2009″, a show in two segments.  The first half is “Celebrating America”; [...]

If they can make it there, they’ll make it anywhere! Anderson High School’s Symphony Orchestra is heading to New York City to compete in the invitation-only National Orchestra Cup. The competition is held at the world famous Lincoln Center April 2-6. If you can’t make the trip, you have one more chance [...]

Driving home on a recent Tuesday night, I noticed some commotion on the corner of Beechmont and Plymouth Avenues. A crowd was gathering to hear The Old Coney Bluegrass Band outside of Mt. Washington Creamy Whip. I had to stop to check it out.

Mary Ganim spent 24 years working in finance for Proctor [...]

Best Magazine is a local publication that showcases the people and homes of Cincinnati’s best neighborhoods.  An alert Around Anderson reader told me to pick up a copy this month.  The entire issue is devoted to seven prominent families from Anderson Township.  On the cover, Donna (The Snooty Fox) Speigel, Dennis (Roller-coaster King) Speigel and [...]

News 5 meteorologist Valerie Abati visits Immaculate Heart of Mary for their Friday fish fry.