The historic field artillery pieces have sat at Quarry & Lewis streets for many decades.
VFW to display WWII-era field artillery pieces sitting near Devou
COVINGTON, Ky. - Like ghosts of yesteryear, a pair of World War II-era field artillery pieces are settling ever-so-slowly into the earth near one of the eastern entrances to Covington's Devou Park, their pitted and moss-covered ba...
Monday is first ‘drawing’ for $2.5MM digital equity project;
donors, Wi-Fi ‘hotspot hosts’ sought
COVINGTON, Ky. - A random drawing on Monday will select 100 families of Covington schoolchildren to receive free computers, the first round of a massive giveaway that’s part of an aggressive $2.5 million plan to smash the so-called digital divide.
“Cov...
COVINGTON, Ky. -- It’s true. If you LoveTheCov, you’ll fill out your Census form ... and check in with all your friends and family members and neighbors to make sure they have done so as well.
Why? Because Covington receives millions of dollars in federal funding based on its population, and we use that money for things like emergency home repairs, down payment assistance for fi...
TJ Ball and Joe Koehl pick up trash, a rusted rim, and an old carpet during River Sweep 2020.
Cleanup limited to 30 volunteers, but they cleared 3.19 tons
COVINGTON, Ky. - Compared to the festival-like atmosphere of pre-pandemic cleanups, River Sweep 2020 was a tightly controlled, well-orchestrated, and almost choreographed event.
But if the volunteer army was (intentionally) small, t...
Chef Mitch Arens serves up food at last year’s Farm to Fork event, featuring products from the Covington Farmers Market.
Covington Farmers Market fundraiser puts local food in chef’s hands
COVINGTON, Ky. - It’s perfectly all right to admit it:
You’re enthralled with the summer squash, mushrooms, heirloom tomatoes, and other fresh produce you buy at the Cov...
Tweaks in requirements to help both tenants, landlords
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When first published, this release had the incorrect amount for the fine for a first-time offense.)
COVINGTON, Ky. - With several thousand rental units within its borders, the City of Covington is tweaking its Rental License Dwelling Ordinance to make it easier for landlords to navigate and more likely to achieve i...
COVINGTON, Ky. - This weekend is a little more interesting than the last few: A pop-up art show ... a birthday party for a restaurant ... a first look at a coffee, cocktails and art shop in Latonia ... a trail day ... and an opening in MainStrasse Village.
Plus live music and more.
One-of-a-kind art
Whether it’s a painting on the wall, a sculpture on the fireplace mantel, or a ...
Ripple Wine Bar’s outdoor seating on Pike Street was hopping on Tuesday night.
City urges support for (& compliance at) bars, restaurants
COVINGTON, Ky. - The state of Kentucky’s ever-evolving response to COVID-19 had good news for eating and drinking establishments this week: As of Tuesday, bars could reopen and restaurants could return to 50 percent seating capacity.
...
City: Residents better served if MS4 permit managed in-house
COVINGTON, Ky. - Since 2003, the City of Covington has partnered with Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky to co-manage what’s called the City’s MS4 permit, a rather narrow subset of federal Clean Water Act that applies to the quality, not quantity, of rain once it falls to the ground and start...
Noting that the parking lot adjacent to Innovation Alley has hosted events over the years, the report from Emersion Design said it was “important for the new alley improvements to allow for these grassroots, pop-up activities to continue and thrive. This alley should become a ‘place’ and a ‘path.’ ”
New ‘hub,’ other changes to energize entrepreneurs...