Question: What’s the real difference between a recession and a depression?  I’ve lived through the depression and current economic conditions seem ominous to me. 

Answer: An article in the January 23, 2008 issue of the Herald-Leader defined recession this way: The National Bureau of Economic Research defines a recession.  The bureau defines a recession as “a significant [...]

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Question: What’s the deal with radon in Kentucky? What is it and should I be worried?

Answer:  The state department of air quality, a division of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Human Services, has a web site that addresses concerns about radon:

http://www.air.ky.gov/FAQ/Radon.htm
  
Radon
 Information about radon and what to look for in your own home.
What is radon? [...]

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Question: What happened to the UK faculty club? They closed it long ago for renovations and it never reopened. How can you have a top twenty institution without a gathering place for the faculty?
 Answer: In September 2004 we wrote in the Herald-Leader that the University of Kentucky’s Board of Trustees has tabled a controversial $4.4 [...]

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As discussed by wife and I: New lights have been installed on Nicholasville Rd. at both New Circle and at Man-O-War. They have a single green light below a single yellow light below two side-by-side red lights. The red lights are both solid red and these lighting devices appear [...]

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     Question: I am intrigued by the little turquoise colored building on South Broadway between Maxwell and High Street. It is sandwiched between the parking garage and condominiums and looks as if it has been deserted for years. Who owns it and why has it been abandoned?  Who designed the building?

    Answer: The building is [...]

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Question: Several years ago, a project was undertaken to restore the Wurlitzer organ in the Kentucky Theatre. A public dedication concert was planned. Has the restoration been completed?  
Answer: Ask Us addressed this very question on September 6, 2004 when we wrote: A project to reinstall the original 1922 Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ has been [...]

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Question: I have watched and wondered ever since the Rider Post Office building was built on High Street, why the US Postal Service doesn’t have a street number displayed on the building. I thought there was a local law requiring street numbers to be displayed? 

Answer: You answer comes from Susan W. Wright, Customer Relations Coordinator [...]

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I recently purchased a home in Lexington, and soon received a letter from the National Deed Service offering to provide for me a copy of my deed. The cost is $59.50. Do I need this?
According to the Fayette County Clerk staff, the public can make a photocopy of deeds for 50 cents a page, from [...]

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Kroger stores in Lexington collect plastic bags for recycling. What exactly do they do with the bags and how are they recycled?
From Meghan Glynn, Kroger Corporate Communications: Thanks for your question. Plastic bags that are returned to our stores are recycled back into plastic bags and other products such as landscape bricks and plastic [...]

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Question: How did Laketower Drive in Lexington get its name?  Where is the laketower?
Answer: First some background on how streets are named. This comes from city planning office. Developers name most streets.  An addressing committee reviews the names to make sure they are not duplicates, obscene, ridiculous, etc.  It it fits the city’s criteria, the name [...]

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