City Hall closed Tuesday for Independence Day;
be courteous to your neighbors
COVINGTON, Ky. – Some 247 years ago, 56 courageous men signed a document making it adamantly clear that they, their families, and their neighbors had no intention of living under the overbearing rule of the British Empire an ocean way.
It was, colloquially speaking, a big “Buzz off!” missive t...
Emergency plan created as threat of storms
come during huge Taylor Swift concerts
COVINGTON, Ky. – If severe weather hits Covington in the next couple of days, concert-goers and others along downtown streets or the riverfront can seek shelter in the Kenton County Parking Garage at 230 Madison Ave.
That’s according to the “Taylor Swift Special Weather Plan&rdq...
COVINGTON, Ky. – We’re going to assume you know what’s happening across the river on Friday and Saturday. (If not – and this newsletter presents the first you’ve learned of this event – we should probably give serious prizes for your skilled separation from pop culture and daily news.)
We’ll get to Taylor Swift and the Swifties invasion in a minute, bu...
Moratorium ends with adoption of overhauled regulations;
patience urged as procedures are put in place
COVINGTON, Ky. – The moratorium is over.
The City of Covington is set to begin processing applications for new short-term rental licenses with the adoption Wednesday evening of amended regulations that protect the residential character of historic neighborhoods while giving propert...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Next Tuesday, the Friends of Peaselburg Neighborhood Association’s Independence Day Parade continues its 50-year tradition as Covington’s only July 4th parade.
The event, also billed as one of the region’s oldest Independence Day parades, traces its beginnings to the early 1960s, when neighbors on Euclid Avenue who were hosting an Independence Day party ...
Signs, link below show schedule to move vehicle
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s Public Works Department will begin its annual summer cleaning of residential streets on Monday, July 10 – and as usual, the City has a link where you can find out when you need to move your car.
The “summer cleaning” will run until Aug. 31, with each street “swept” over a tw...
Improvement follows 2019 report’s advice: Tackle City’s points of entry
COVINGTON, Ky. – The south side of a Pike Street building provides a veritable “canvas” for a vibrant new “welcome” to The Cov.
Consider the mural at 533 Pike St. indicative of more aesthetically appealing transformations that will eventually come to other primary points of entr...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Behold this weekend in The Cov.
Where else can you unload your dated and dead electronic burdens at an annual e-waste event … sit on the riverfront with tacos and salsa (the dance AND the fiery goodness) … embrace the polka … see nature through another person’s aperture … and wind down with goats and stretching. At a library.
Good stuf...
A project funded last year was the painting of basketball courts at Randolph Park. (Photo courtesy of The Center for Great Neighborhoods).
Enhancements include historical markers, banners, and flowerpots
COVINGTON, Ky. – Seven neighborhood groups received funding from the City of Covington for improvements ranging from adopt-a-pot landscaping enhancements to welcoming banners to dog w...
The Fourth Street (Veterans Memorial) Bridge carries Ky. 8 across the Licking River between Covington (left) and Newport, near the Licking’s confluence with the larger Ohio River. (Photo used courtesy of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, District 6.)
Goals: ‘Signature’ look, bike and pedestrian lanes
COVINGTON, Ky. – Having briefed Newport’s elected officials re...