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‘Good with math,’ process oriented

Among new Finance Director Webb’s goals: More online pay options, readable financial reports COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington’s new Finance Director hopes this news release isn’t the least read in the City’s history. After all, Steve Webb points out, it is “about the new finance guy.” To Webb, however, numbers are supremely interesting. And...

Lucinda, Latonia, Big Cis & Circus Mojo

COVINGTON, Ky. – How on earth is it already the last weekend of September? Is time accelerating at a maddening speed? Oh well. Get out and make the most of your time this weekend. Lots of good stuff to do – and even opportunities to do good – throughout The Cov. Beer for a cause Looking for good beer, good folks, and a good cause? Head to Braxton Brewing Company for Brea...

Six incentive recipients a diverse list

Maki Mono, a specialty Japanese sushi and sake restaurant at 715 Madison Ave., was approved for a rent subsidy through the City's Small Business Incentive Program. Next deadline to apply for Small Business help is Friday COVINGTON, Ky. – A Japanese sushi and sake restaurant. A local photographer. A 3D design business. A legacy furniture restoration business. A new headquarters. A n...

New online portal modernizes process to get homebuyer, repair help

COVINGTON, Ky. – New software adopted by the City’s Federal Grants/Housing Assistance Division enables applications to be made online for separate incentive programs that help people buy homes in Covington and make urgent repairs of unsafe conditions. The change modernizes the application process to make it more convenient, efficient, quicker, and paperless, Federal Grants Manager J...

Trees, old cars & a ‘wayfaring thespian’

COVINGTON, Ky. – Tonight the fall equinox ushers in the arrival of Libra, the sign of balance and reflection, corresponding with a time of equal darkness and light (That whole balance thing, you know), and all over the world, the length of day and nighttime hours will be darn near equal. Back in the day, (like 2,000 years ago), Pagans picked apples and had a harvest festival known as Mabo...

Kids will have fun and learn at Read Ready Covington’s free Early Childhood Fall Festival on Saturday

Keller Warehousing & Co-Packing, an Early Childhood Fall Festival sponsor, will provide a truck at the festival for children to have a touch-a-truck experience. COVINGTON, Ky. – A petting zoo. Interactive games. A touch-a-truck. And plenty of prizes. Families will find all that and more at Read Ready Covington’s Early Childhood Fall Festival at 4293 Winston Ave. on Saturday, ...

Get to know your trees

Volunteers planted street trees in Latonia in 2019. Austinburg Tree Tour part of Great Outdoor Weekend COVINGTON, Ky. – Sometimes the best classroom is beneath a wide blue sky and a canopy of leaves. To that point, here’s an opportunity this weekend in The Cov to get outside and learn about trees. On Saturday, City of Covington Urban Forester Patrick Moore and Kenton County Ex...

City hosts NKY Code Collaborative

Event put shared issues, solutions on table for inspectors  throughout Boone, Campbell, and Kenton COVINGTON, Ky. – Code Enforcement Officers throughout three counties came together at Covington City Hall on Tuesday for the NKY Code Collaborative, where – in-between a breakfast of coffee and pastries from Point Perk and lunch from Goodfellas Pizza MainStrasse – they sh...

Cleaning up at summer’s end

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Confused about what you can and can’t recycle, not to mention the “where” and “how”? Let Covington’s Solid Waste & Recycling team break it down for you.) COVINGTON, Ky. – Whether you’re shutting down your pool, clearing out beach bags, ridding your backyard of summer party remnants, or still cleaning up the back-to-sch...

Pumpkin ale & poets

COVINGTON, Ky. – Hypothetically speaking, let’s say you just spent almost two weeks off the grid canoeing in the Canadian wilderness. Your party saw almost no one, but you did witness the Northern Lights (3x) ... discover pictographs and petroglyphs … had semi-close encounters with howling wolves … heard the “whack!” of beavers’ tails and the tremolos...
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