COVINGTON, Ky. – This is a weekend for purists. For the music lovers who swear that albums (as in LPs) are the best. For those whose souls are stirred by the sound of a softly strummed guitar. For the jazz lover. For those who choose a local artistic aesthetic over mass-produced. And for those who long for an opportunity to purchase a whole bunch of books at a really good price.
If that&r...
Weekly feature kicks off 10th anniversary with Farm to Fork brunch
COVINGTON, Ky. – A 10th anniversary is traditionally recognized with gifts of tin or aluminum, but to celebrate a decade of providing access to homegrown goodness, the Covington Farmers Market instead will invite folks to gather around the table(s) on Aug. 7 at a Farm to Fork fund-raising brunch.
The community as...
CAPTION: Roof repairs and accessibility repairs are among the eligible projects in the City of Covington’s Homeowner Repair Program.
Up to $10K available to fix threats to health, safety for qualifying owners
COVINGTON, Ky. – A broken water line on Crystal Lake Drive in South Covington. A roof with a major leak on Russell Street in Westside. Repairs to a porch that was threa...
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington has tweaked its noise ordinance to make it easier to understand and enforce.
The changes include separate regulations for daytime and nighttime monitoring and more objective evaluation of whether noise is unreasonably loud and thus violates the ordinance.
The specific changes were first brought to the Covington Board of Commissioners for discussio...
COVINGTON, Ky. – If you need a distraction from this oppressive heat, then creepy creatures, furry critters, gnaw-on-your-fingers-it’s-so-good food, music, and wine seem worthy diversions – and we’ve got ‘em this weekend in The Cov.
There’s plenty to do here this weekend, and much of it takes place when the sun goes down (and hopefully the temperatures will t...
Parks & Rec’s Basketball Club will ‘educate and empower’ kids on the court
COVINGTON, Ky. – If you’re going to grow up to sink ’em like the NBA’s Jordan Poole or the WNBA’s Elena Delle Donne, you have to start with a solid foundation of basketball know-how.
For Covington kids between the ages of 6 and 14, one place to learn and hone those s...
City hires contractor to fix exterior of Carroll Chimes Bell Tower
COVINGTON, Ky. – When the Northern Kentucky Convention & Visitors Bureau was created back in the ’70s, the Carroll Chimes Bell Tower in MainStrasse Village was its logo, and a lapel pin featuring its likeness was worn by all CVB employees.
The tourism bureau is now known as “meetNKY,” but the Bell ...
Shelter-in-place lifted, but interstate remains closed near bridge until later today
COVINGTON, Ky. – Emergency authorities this morning lifted the CodeRed shelter-in-place alert that was issued late last night after a tractor trailer carrying gasoline flipped just south of the Brent Spence Bridge and began gushing fuel across Interstate 71-75 and streets below.
But the interstate...
City grant to expand signage, public use
of Historic Linden Grove Cemetery & Arboretum
COVINGTON, Ky. – Buried beneath the largest patch of green in Covington’s urban core is a good deal of the city’s – and Kenton County’s – history.
Historic Linden Grove Cemetery & Arboretum stretches across 22.3 acres along Holman Street, just south...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Happy National Mac & Cheese Day. Whether you celebrate with the gluten version or that chickpea version, just be sure to enjoy a big ol’ bowl of comfort today. And if you scroll down, you’ll see a place where you can go do just that.
But first, there are a couple of cool events tonight that top our list of cool stuff to do in The Cov, so don’t scroll...