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Outdoor flicks, banned books & pumpkins

COVINGTON, Ky. – Seems like a good weekend to get going on your Halloween decorations, right? Lucky for you there’s a great pumpkin sale happening on Saturday, and anyone who knows anything about Halloween knows it all starts with pumpkins. There’s also a banned book festival where you can celebrate with an act of rebellion by purchasing an armful of books that someone somewhe...

Bourbon, ghosts & gratitude

COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s a weekend to demonstrate why you’re prideful about your homemade chili and to stock the bar with a brand-new bourbon (and a birthday bourbon, at that). Ghosts and gratitude are hanging abound as well. As always, our standard brand of spectacular live music pulses through The Cov this weekend, there’s a family movie night happening, beer combines wit...

Over $900K in asphalt on 29 streets

Annual resurfacing to bring smoother driving in 13 neighborhoods COVINGTON, Ky. – All or part of 29 streets in Covington are about to get a smoother surface. Almost 62,000 square yards of asphalt will be laid 1½ inches thick on the streets as part of a $927,540 contract with Riegler Blacktop Inc. that will get underway next week in the Westside neighborhood. Riegler Blacktop ...

Otherworldly arrival & ‘Suits’

COVINGTON, Ky. – A bit of mystery defines the weekend. There’s a fundraising event for The Carnegie that features CEOs and local business leaders who can actually play and sing rock & roll like pros. Could it be the corporate world is actually full of former teen garage band members? Leads in high school musicals? The other mystery has to do with someone – or something ...

Covington Police (re)gains 40 years’ experience

Photo 1: From left, Covington Police Chief Brian Valenti, Officers Jeff Young and Marcus Jordan and Mayor Joe Meyer. Photo 2: Chief Valenti presents the badges. Photo 3: The swearing in. Two veteran officers sworn in COVINGTON, Ky. – Two men were sworn in as Covington Police officers late this morning, but to call them “new” would be misleading. One has 26 ye...

‘Twilight’ & shiny Chevys

COVINGTON, Ky. – Culture abounds in The Cov this weekend. Whether you love art, music, cars (yes, there’s an art to the automobile), stitching, knitting, or kaleidoscope-making, you’re going to find something that pulls you off the couch and into your creative zone. Loop, spin, and hook You can stitch, purl, beat, loop, knot, spin, and hook to your heart’s delight ...

Round 1: Small Biz program approves 3 incentives

4th project wins TIF funds for ‘elevated’ dining experience COVINGTON, Ky. – A seamstress, an AI startup, and a longstanding local supply company located in three different areas of Covington were given financial help Tuesday by the Covington Board of Commissioners. The Commission approved one façade improvement and two rent subsidy incentives through the City’s inte...

Read Ready Covington festival celebrates learning through fun

COVINGTON, Ky. – A Saturday morning of games, raffles, face painting, music, touch-a-truck, and more is part of an organized effort aimed to help Covington children learn and thrive. Saturday’s 2nd Annual Early Childhood Festival is at the Lincoln Grant Scholar House, at 824 Greenup St., and runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.. The free event is sponsored by the Read Ready Covington Coaliti...

Oktoberfest, freshArt & Mothman

COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s a weekend of lederhosen, local art, and cryptids in The Cov. (Cryptids being those animals or creatures that are believed to exist but never actually proven to exist, though stories told around a campfire or at a slumber party say otherwise.) There’s also plenty of live music, lots to learn about trees, author readings, a ‘superhero” race for ...

City tweaks property tax rate

Change increase bill by 50 cents a month for $100K house COVINGTON, Ky. – The owner of a $100,000 house in Covington will pay an extra 50 cents a month under the annual property tax rate set by the Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night. The new rate, 0.277, translates to $2.77 per each $1,000 in assessed value of real estate, up slightly from $2.71 in 2022. That’s $6 ...
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