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STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARIA HEHMAN | LINK nky CONTRIBUTOR

As much fun as the river cities can be, many of us are pulled to other Northern Kentucky areas like Hebron. Whether it’s a fun outing or an appointment, visiting an unfamiliar area – even one close to home – can be overwhelming. People often visit familiar favorite chains when visiting parts unknown, so to break up the monotony, these locally owned and operated businesses have you covered for every meal. For this Streetscapes, we head to North Bend Road in Hebron.

Paradise Donuts

Some days, we can all use a little extra pep in our step, and what’s better than a donut and coffee to jumpstart the day? Paradise Donuts has everything guests can dream of when it comes to donuts. Classic glazed, sugary iced and decadent cake donuts create the perfect variety to make up a dozen to bring in for co-workers.

For those looking for an extra sweet treat, Paradise also creates gourmet donuts, fruit-filled ones for summer treats or long johns topped with bacon.

The eatery also has a new coffee menu that includes frappes, espresso-based drinks, drip coffee and iced coffee. Drinks can be

Public Notices

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Drive Southgate Kentucky, 41071; 1995 customized with various milks and flavorings, including unusal ones like cinnamon bun. For a donut shop, the coffee bar is impressive in both offerings and quality. Its signature drink, Paradise Latte, combines white chocolate and raspberry for a balanced, semi-sweet drink that pairs perfectly with any donut.

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For those who don’t drink coffee, or who just want something less sweet, Paradise also has smoothies and refreshers.

Paradise Donuts is open until sell-out, so be sure to stop in early.

Hebron Grille

Family-owned, Southern home-cooking restaurants rarely disappoint. Hebron Grille is no exception.

The restaurant serves a variety of classic bar dishes with unique twists. Instead of fried pickles, for example, it serves fried pickle fries. For those looking for even more unique offerings, gator bites and gumbo are great starters.

The ample menu covers the gambit with burger, sandwich and taco categories, each with plenty of Southern-inspired dishes. However, the true star of the menu is the Southern Specialties section. Hot honey chicken, Grandma’s meatloaf and Southern-fried catfish will have guests thinking their own grandma is in the kitchen cooking. Each comes with traditional Southern sides, from mashed potatoes to green beans to peanut slaw.

Guests may not have room for dessert, but for those that need a sweet treat after a meal, Hebron Grille’s crisps and bread pudding will be the best ending to the Southern dining experience.

Outside of the dining room options, the restaurant has a vast bar menu and plenty of TVs so diners can keep up with every game.

Strong’s Brick Oven Pizza

The first Strong’s location opened in Newport, and since then every neighborhood in NKY has wanted a slice.

Strong’s now has four locations in NKY, with the Hebron location being its newest. What sets the place’s pizza apart from any other pizza joint is its old-school Italian approach. Each pizza’s base includes homemade sauce and sliced mozzarella, finished in an Italian brick oven.

Classic Margherita and pizza alla vodka –with vodka cream sauce, mozzarella, seasoned mushrooms, spinach and prosciutto – will give guests a true taste of Italy. For guests wanting something spicy, the hot and spicy – with buffalo sauce, mozzarella, jalapenos, bacon and Grippos BBQ chips –is anything but ordinary.

Each pizza comes out of the brick oven cooked to perfection, with a slight char to create the perfect crunch.

Along with pizza, Strong’s serves other Italian classics like bruschetta, antipasto and walking cannolis. Not-so-Italian sides like wings, fries and salad are great additions when dining with a large group. Strong’s has a full-service bar, so guests can order wine for a truly Tuscan experience.

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What to Know If You Go:

Paradise Donuts

Location: 2091 North Bend Road, Suite 120

Hours: Wednesday through Friday, 6 a.m.-noon or sell-out; Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m.-noon or sell-out; Monday and Tuesday, closed Website: https://donutshophebron.com

Phone: 859-484-8283

Hebron Grille

Location: 1960 North Bend Road

Hours: Sunday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Monday through Wednesday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Website: https://www.hebrongrilleky. com/

Phone: 859-586-0473

Strong’s Brick Oven Pizza

Location: 1990 North Bend Road

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Monday, closed Website: https://www.strongsbrick ovenpizza.com

Phone: 859-586-6836

Covington honors early childhood advocate, educator Hulefeld

tucky Symphony Orchestra (KSO) will include three raffles this year.

In the Pappy Van Winkle raffle, one winner can score a six-bottle set of Pappy Van Winkle, including 10-, 12-, 15-, 20- and 23-year bourbons, as well as a 13-year rye. A second raffle features a prize of a single bottle of Woodford Reserve Baccarat Edition bourbon, while the third raffle features 20 rare bourbons that will go to 20 winners.

Winners’ names will be drawn live on the KSO Facebook page from 9-9:30 p.m. May 20. For tickets and more details, visit kyso. org/event/raffle-2023. You do not have to be present to win. Proceeds help fund free park concerts and education programs around Northern Kentucky. The raffle is sponsored by The Party Source.

The students will also assist in the planning and execution of the KHSAA HYPE Student Leadership conference to be held Sept. 7-8 at the Central Bank Center in Lexington.

NKY Chamber announces 2023 National Civics Bee winners

The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce held the 2023 National Civics Bee at Northern Kentucky University on April 29.

Top honors went to: Oliver Victor, Campbell County Middle School, first place; Rashad Agayev, Edythe J. Hayes Middle School in Lexington, second place; and Leigh-Nichole Crabbe, Twenhofel Middle School inIndependence, third place.

Newport Central Catholic sophomore Wolf selected for leadership program

Newport Central Catholic High School sophomore Madison Wolf will represent her school in the 2023-24 Regional Youth Leadership Program. She will join other students in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region in an eight-monthlong program sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

Covington city leaders declared May 11 “Rick Hulefeld Day,” in honor of the longtime educator and advocate for early childhood education.

Hulefeld recently announced his retirement from a career spanning 43 years. Most recently, he worked for Learning Grove, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting children and families. He began his career as executive director of Cathedral Child Care in 1979 and later founded Children, Inc., which merged with Learning Grove in 2017.

Support KSO – and maybe score a bottle of rare bourbon

The annual rare bourbon raffle by the Ken-

KHSAA names student advisory board for 2023-24

Five Northern Kentucky student-athletes are among 16 from across the state chosen to serve on the Kentucky High School Athletics Association (KHSAA) Student Advisory Group for 2023-24. They will represent KHSAA at the National Federation of State High School Associations at the National Student Leadership Summit in July in Indianapolis.

Northern Kentucky student advisory group members are Tyson Hergott and Danica Gorlewski from Beechwood High School in Fort Mitchell, Ryan Clines from Bishop Brossart High School in Alexandria, Thomas Rudd from Bracken County High School and Reagan Anderson from Pendleton County High School.

The quiz-style competition was organized with the Civic Trust of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement.

Students will explore complex issues and challenges while visiting civic organizations and interacting with regional business and government leaders. The program provides students opportunities for intellectual, creative, social and personal growth.

Highlands grad Rom called up to majors with the Orioles

KHSAA state baseball/ softball pairings set

The KHSAA baseball and softball state tournament pairings are set.

The state tournaments will get underway on June 1. The baseball tournament will take place on campus at the University of Kentucky at Kentucky Proud Park while the softball tournament will be played at UK’s John Cropp Stadium.

First-round action takes place June 1-2, quarterfinals on June 3. Semifinals will be played on June 9 with championship games set for June 10.

Phase one of three began on May 4 as demolition is underway on the old bleachers that were condemned prior to last season and deemed unsafe. The Wildcats had to play all of 2022’s games on the road or at a neutral site and hold practices at Holmes High School. The plan is to have the project complete in the fall, and the school is hopeful for completion by the team’s first home game on September 22.

The new bleachers will seat 1,500.

Supply chain and delivery will be key in keeping with the current timeline.

tions and significant new construction at the school, including construction of an on-campus multi-purpose athletic complex providing a home field for the boys and girls soccer and track teams and the football team, as well as a practice facility for the baseball and softball teams. Fundraising efforts are expected to last through 2023.

NKY student-athletes named to 2023-24 KHSAA Student Advisory Group

Highlands grad Drew Rom is headed to the Big Show.

Rom was called up by the Baltimore Orioles on May 9 from Triple-A Norfolk, paving way for him to make his MLB debut once he makes his first appearance. Rom, a left-handed starting pitcher, was 4-1 with a 2.87 earned run average in six starts with Norfolk this season, striking out 32 in 31.1 innings pitched.

Rom graduated from Highlands in 2018 and was drafted by the Orioles in the fourth round of the 2018 MLB Draft. In five seasons of minor league action, Rom posted a 29-10 record with a 3.37 ERA in 75 starts and 86 total appearances.

He’s a top 20 prospect in the Orioles farm system and was a part of three straight 9th Region championship teams at Highlands from 2016-18. He was a 2018 Mr. Baseball honoree and 9th Region tournament MVP.

For Northern Kentucky interest in the baseball draw, the 9th Region drew the 3rd Region in the first round on June 1. The 8th Region will face the 1st Region on June 1 while the 10th Region will face off against the 15th region on June 2.

In softball, the 9th Region winner will take on the 15th Region, with the 8th Region facing the 7th Region and the 10th Region squaring off with the 5th Region.

Construction underway at Newport’s football stadium

Phase two will also include construction of locker rooms, restrooms, a concession stand and new field lighting.

The district also plans to seek private donations through a fundraising effort. Details of the fundraising have not been announced. Dennis Maines, Director of Facilities and Transportation for the Newport Independent Schools, said the initial demolition phase will cost about $3 million.

The stadium was dedicated on September 22, 1939 after being built as part of the Depression-era Work Projects Administration (WPA). It has been home to the Wildcats football program ever since. But an annual inspection in March 2022 failed and the team was no longer allowed to use the facility. In October, the Newport Board of Education voted unanimously to replace the bleachers.

Four Northern Kentucky student-athletes have been named to the 2023-24 KHSAA Student Advisory Group.

Beechwood’s Tyson Hergott and Danica Gorlewski, Bishop Brossart’s Ryan Clines and Scott’s Madeline Spencer will be a part of a 16-member panel that will represent the KHSAA at the NFHS National Student Leadership Summit on July 29-31 in Indianapolis.

Hergott is a member of the back-to-backto-back state champion Tigers football team, playing tight end and defensive end. Gorlewski is on the archery team at Beechwood.

Clines is on the track and field team at Bishop Brossart. Spencer is on the Eagles basketball team.

Newport Independent Schools has begun one of three construction phases for its high school football field.

Newport Central Catholic also played its home games there and rented the field from Newport. In November 2022, New Cath launched the $13 million “Looking Up” capital campaign, which will fund renova-

The group attending the NSLS will split into groups and work through topical discussions on relevant and contemporary issues. The free program is designed to help students hone their leadership abilities and teach them how to effectively influence and lead their peers in a positive manner.