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Free drop-off for household hazardous waste

About 3,000 vehicles are expected at the household hazardous waste drop-off event Saturday in Florence. Fill out, bring registration form to make long lines go quickly   COVINGTON, Ky. - Think of it as the average home’s version of fuel rods from a nuclear reactor: dangerous waste that’s difficult to get rid of in a safe and eco-friendly manner.   Things like empty aerosol ca...

City buying YMCA building, Gateway bookstore

The City of Covington is buying the buildings at 614 Madison Ave. (center) and 19 E. Pike St. (the former YMCA building that wraps around the smaller building with frontage on both Pike and Madison). The City in turn plans to sell the property to a developer for a project whose details will likely be announced by the end of the year. Landmark  properties to be sold to developer for pending p...

Thackery Binx & the Bishop’s remains

COVINGTON, Ky. - The rainy forecast has delayed the City’s massive Touch a Truck showcase and the five-neighborhood tree planting originally scheduled for this Saturday, so we guess y’all will just have to focus on Halloween.   Fortunately, if you like dressing in costume and all things spooky, there’s a lot going on, as the list below shows.   There’s also some t...

Rain delay for Touch a Truck, tree planting

Forecast calling for steady downpour pushes events back a week   COVINGTON, Ky. - Two City of Covington events scheduled for Saturday - the massive Touch a Truck showcase and a volunteer tree planting in five neighborhoods - will be pushed back a week because of a forecast calling for torrential rain.   All other details for the events - time, location, and other logistics - will remain ...

Preparing for the coming misery

COVINGTON, Ky. -- The sun was bright in the sky today, but out at the Covington Public Works garage, Covington crews were thinking about snow. Or, more specifically, preparing for those days when they’re called out in force to treat snow-covered streets so residents can go about their lives safely.   While some crew members got a quick refresher course on the equipment, a few of th...

Small businesses: Apply for $$$ by Friday

One of the startups awarded a rent subsidy during the last round of Small Business Program awards was Gumdrop, right, a soon-to-open extension of Handzy Shop + Studio on Pike Street. Gumdrop will sell baby/kid clothing, books, toys, games, and gifts. City offering help renovating exteriors, paying startups’ rent   COVINGTON, Ky. - Friday is the deadline for small businesses in any pa...

What next for Devou, Cappel Sports Complex?

How to improve the Bill Cappel Sports Complex – which includes the Latonia Water Park & Splash Pad – will be explored at a meeting early Thursday evening. Public meetings Thursday advance Parks & Rec master plan  COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington’s two biggest recreational assets - Devou Park and the Bill Cappel Sports Complex - will be the topics of discussion Thursday ni...

Trick or treat hours in #LoveTheCov

Woody and Jessie from “Toy Story 2” entered the “group costume” category at the Latonia Halloween Block Party. (Photo used with permission of The River City News.)   COVINGTON, Ky. - Trick or treat hours have been officially carved in stone in the City of Covington: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 31 (it’s a Thursday this year).  So ... start putting those costumes t...

Volunteers needed to plant 75 trees

Five neighborhoods to get shade on Make a Difference Day   COVINGTON, Ky. - If you need a place to make a difference on Make a Difference Day (Saturday, Oct. 26, around the nation), Covington has five areas where the difference you make will be visible for decades to come.   But only if you like to dig in dirt.   The situation is this: In pockets throughout Covington, the stree...

From AUC to TUMU to DTR

The goal of a Neighborhood Development Code is to take into account and seek to preserve the “look” and “feel” of the surrounding area when making decisions on zoning and development. Public invited to weigh in on draft of new zoning approach  COVINGTON, Ky. - The Covington public is being invited to take a look at the draft first section of an 18-month effort to crea...
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