COVINGTON, Ky. - Don’t fret about the wadded-up wrapping paper, empty wine bottles, and the remains of Aunt Gertrude’s fruitcake building up in your City-issued garbage and recycling carts.
You will be able to get rid of all that stuff next week. It just will be a day later than usual in some areas.
That’s because the solid waste and recycling collection s...
The mission of Covington’s Parks & Recreation Division? To enrich the lives of Covington’s families. The Division has two openings.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington’s Parks & Recreation Division has ambition in 2019: Come spring, for example, it plans to organize a blacktop basketball tournament in the City. Come fall, it hopes to create a youth soccer league.&nbs...
COVINGTON, Ky. - He’s called by many different names: Santa Claus. St. Nick. Kris Kringle. The Big Man. Father Christmas. The Man in Red. Big Jolly. Or even, according to the website www.factmonster.com, Pere Noel (Belgium), Viejo Pascuero (Chile), Dun Che Lao Ren (China), Babbo Natale (Italy), Weihnachtsmann (Germany), Joulupukki (Finland), and our personal favorite, Ded Moroz (Ru...
Covington’s Snow & Ice Team gathered recently in front of the road salt dome near the Public Works Department’s garage on Boron Drive.
COVINGTON, Ky. - When winter unleashes its misery and covers Covington streets with snow and ice, most people eye their morning commute or evening trip to the grocery with anxiety and dread.
But Charlie McCain can’t wait to get ou...
Rachel Hungler, an AmeriCorps member with the City of Covington, left, and community volunteer JoAnn Bryant wrap books at the Read Ready Covington event.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Some 200 books were distributed Tuesday as part of Read Ready Covington’s goal of giving young children something to read over the holiday break.
The early childhood literacy initiative held a Popup Holiday Bookstore ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Ah, the holidays.
The songs may sing of roasting chestnuts, sleigh bells, and horses “drawing” runner-equipped sleighs across peaceful landscapes glistening with snow on midnights clear.
(As if ... )
See, we know that Christmas reality is more apt to be cursing those burned-out light strings, cutting the wrapping paper too short, and feeling guilty...
The Holiday Toy Trains display has been a family tradition at Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington’s Devou Park for many years. (Photo courtesy BCM)
COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington residents get free admission Saturday to Behringer-Crawford Museum in Devou Park, just in time for its holiday attractions.
What can you see?
Holiday Toy Trains, which includes over 250 feet of track...
Covington needs to fill a vacancy on the board that oversees the Housing Authority of Covington’s various sites, including the 235-unit Latonia Terrace on Madison Pike.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Do you enjoy studying the nuances and legalities of zoning? Would you like to help guide development in Covington? Do you believe in the obligation of local government to help provide affordable housing? Do y...
Jacob Brooks, Group Vice President of the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati, and Tami Chapman, senior program director at R.C. Durr YMCA, pose with some of the books collected by the branch for Read Ready Covington.
YMCA collections benefit Read Ready Covington
COVINGTON, Ky. - Thanks to two regional YMCA branches, Covington parents or care-givers looking to put books under the tree for t...
The Economic Development team brought in 236 cans and other food items and shaped them into a Christmas tree.
COVINGTON, Ky. - It was a week of trash talking and showboating at City Hall, but in the end all the “competition” was for a good cause: Some 1,214 pounds of food was collected for one of the agencies that feeds families in Covington.
The food drive started out with a low-key r...