This property at 542 Greenup St. owned by Betsy Goldfarb and Bill Sachs won a Beautification Award from the Friends of Covington in 2018.
Friends of Covington seeking nominations for annual competition
COVINGTON, Ky. - Do the grounds and exterior of your house or business epitomize “beautiful?”
The Friends of Covington want to recognize it.
The organization, which was fou...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Summer has turned the corner and is headed toward the Back-to-School time of year, but that doesn’t mean the fun is done.
This weekend in #LoveTheCov features the annual Old Timers Reunion, dogs in the pool, Ukrainian Easter Egg painting, and a wide array of events at Covington’s 700-plus-acre Devou Park, including a ride and run, extended dates for Yoga Fit, an...
Volunteers at River Sweep ’19 in Covington not only picked up litter but also dug partially buried debris out of the river mud.
River cleanup event one of five finalists in statewide competition
COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington needs your help ... or rather your vote.
The City and its partners who organize the annual cleanup of litter on the riverfront - locally known as River Sweep -...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Anybody could go to the local brewpub and quaff one, or to the local swimming pool and work on getting that tan.
But here in Covington, you can watch an entire street hockey tournament, get up early and do yoga with nature watching, start cobbling together your family’s Halloween costumes, attend pro wrestling in person, grab a history lesson, go to not one but two fa...
COVINGTON, Ky. - It’s gonna be hot this weekend, as in Aitch. Oh. Tea.
You could stay home and rub ice cubes on your forehead. Or ... you could get out and take in all these fun events in #LoveTheCov that we guarantee will take your mind off your boiling brains and scalded skin.
Blues & boogie woogie - like now
This one starts in less than an hour, so you’ll have...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The theme is music, and lots of it.
From the two-day Paradise Music & Beer Festival at several venues downtown to Jake Speed’s rocking banjo music (tonight) and KSO’s tribute to female artists at Devou Park, get your attentive ear ready.
And that doesn’t even count the dozens of live acts all around bars and nightclubs downtown (cue up your Face...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Fireworks, cookouts, and lots of red, white, and blue.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, Americans celebrate freedom with parades and parties, and we in Covington are no different, as we have both.
But if you’re looking for something other than traditional 4th of July fare, check out theseother events happening all weekend in Covington.
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An idea that emerged from a previous leadership program at The Center for Great Neighborhoods involved teaching health and wellness to schoolchildren. (Photo courtesy of CGN.)
The Center for Great Neighborhoods looking for applicants
COVINGTON, Ky. - A new program whose goal is to identify, train, nurture, and energize a new set of civic leaders in Covington is taking applications through n...
Does the Ohio River shoreline look cleaner? Thank these volunteers.
Tenacious volunteers clean the shoreline of trash
COVINGTON, Ky. - The numbers are in from the River Sweep event a couple of weekends ago: 45 volunteers spent 3 hours picking up 2,030 pounds of trash from 1 mile of the Ohio River shoreline in Covington.
"That's about 45 pounds per person," said Christin Badingh...
Over 9,000 pounds of electronic waste alone was collected last Saturday.
Residents drop off old electronics, confidential documents
COVINGTON, Ky. - Some 160 vehicles dropped off almost 10 tons of material in a targeted recycling event held last Saturday in Covington.
The weight scales told the story of the success of the annual Recycling Drop-Off Day for Electronic Waste and Paper S...