Entries for February 2021
Mayor Joe Meyer hands Bennie Doggett her proclamation during a ceremony held at the addition under construction at The Victorian at Riverside, where she now lives.
Social justice advocate Doggett honored for service to Covington residents
COVINGTON, Ky. – Back in the day, the woman known simply as Miss Bennie was a thorn in the side of the City of Covington.
But tod...
Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources technician Adam Cecil releases 750 rainbow trout into Prisoners Lake. (For more pictures, see the City’s Facebook page @covingtonkygov)
State’s FINs program stocks Prisoners Lake with trout
COVINGTON, Ky. – With a turn of a pipe’s cap on the back of a truck’s cold-water tank, fishing options in Covington...
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The top photo shows the “radiator grille” that once covered 614 Madison Ave. The bottom photo shows the two buildings – 641 Madison and 19 E. Pike St., which wraps around it on two sides – as they looked last fall. The middle photo is a conceptual rendering from WorK Architecture + Design that shows a restored turret.
Transformation to create hotel suites, bourbon ‘ex...
Takeover of MS4 rainwater quality program to bring changes
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington’s takeover of a limited part of storm water management in the city will change three things about the small monthly fee assessed residents for that management:
Residents will pay 10 percent less than they currently do.
Residents will be billed once a year instea...
Public can conduct business at Finance window;
pandemic-related safety protocols in place
COVINGTON, Ky. – Residents and businesses will be able to pay their bills and conduct business in person starting Monday at the Finance Department’s window in the lobby of City Hall.
With Gov. Andy Beshear reporting positive trends in the war against COVID-19 – cases in K...
Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 02-23-21
Covington Mayor Joe Meyer bends the ear of Kentucky Andy Beshear before the two spoke at the ceremonial dedication of the COVID-19 vaccination site in Covington.
2,400 doses and counting ‘gives us hope,’ Mayor Meyer says
COVINGTON, Ky. – Some 2,400 people have received their first COVID-19 vaccine shot at the state’s new regional vaccination center in downtown Covingt...
Covington Parks & Rec planning activities with safety in mind
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Covington’s pools open June 12. This release initially had the incorrect date.)
COVINGTON, Ky. – Reopened swimming pools. Movie nights in the park. Activity kits delivered to your door.
Winter still has us in its proverbial icy grip, but Covington Parks & Recreation is firming up plans fo...
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