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Honoring the ‘hearts’ of the Covington community

Some of a previous year’s winners of CGN’s Heart of the Community award.   CGN seeking nominations for annual award COVINGTON, Ky. – If you know an engaged Covington resident – youth or adult – who makes the community around them better, here’s your chance to see them recognized.   The Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington is honor...

BBQ, boy bands & Eldritch supplies

COVINGTON, Ky. – You’ve got a three-day weekend to fill, and there’s no need to leave The Cov to fill it.   Kick your heels to fine tunes (boy bands and others). Eat Smokin’ BBQ on the river. Do the art thing at Baker Hunt or The Carnegie. Check out some, er, interesting shops. Or strategize your Sunday evening to navigate your way to the river’s edge for a...

Police, Fire name new assistant chiefs

(First photo) From left, Assistant Chiefs Brian Valenti and Justin Wietholter, Chief Rob Nader, and former Assistant Chief Pat Swift pose on the night that Wietholter was promoted to replace the retiring Swift in the Covington Police Department. (Second photo) Gary Rucker, right, was promoted to assistant chief of emergency medical service in the Covington Fire Department to replace the re...

Survey seeks ideas on Austinburg Park

Think of 1.9 acres “as a blank canvas,” City says  COVINGTON, Ky. – Pretend you’re a painter looking at a blank canvas.   That’s the approach that Covington Parks & Rec chief Ben Oldiges wants residents to take when they make suggestions on how to improve Austinburg Park.   “Nothing is off the table,” Oldiges said. “...

Don't be a 'wish-cycler'

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of recycling tips from the City of Covington's Neighborhood Services Department, Solid Waste & Recycling Division.) COVINGTON, Ky. – Not to be confused with Jake and Elwood’s sandwich of a similar name, “wish-cycling” is the practice of tossing an item in the recycling cart in the hopes that it’s recyclable &n...

Wired for community development

Brandon Holmes is the new assistant director of Covington’s Neighborhood Services Department.  New assistant director of Neighborhood Services to leverage expertise  COVINGTON, Ky. – Brandon Holmes was supposed to be an investment banker. At least that’s what every standardized personality test told him.   “(But) my father was a real estate invest...

Radius to create Public Works’ new home

The floorplan at 1730 Russell St. is currently very open. (Photo from Hub+Weber Architects) Russell St. rehab also paves way for Rumpke HQ COVINGTON, Ky. – The job of turning vacant warehouse-like space on Russell Street into the new home for Covington’s Public Works Department is being turned over to Radius Construction.  In a specially called meeting this afternoon, the...

Lederhosen, dogs & Yard Olympics

COVINGTON, Ky. – Help plan a park … celebrate your dog … drink Oktober Fuel … make your own sauerkraut …become a KanJam champion … never grow up … and go to “End of the Rainbow” … you won’t have to look any further than your own #LoveTheCov backyard to find the fun this weekend.   Rover’s night out … ...

Anatomy of one grant’s impact

Students at Ninth District Elementary in Latonia take in the StoryWalk® under the supervision of a teacher.  AT&T gift helps Read Ready Covington create StoryWalks® for kids, prepare Hispanic parents for the GED   COVINGTON, Ky. – At eight areas around the city this summer, Read Ready Covington spread the magic of children’s stories through an innovati...

Ideas needed for Austinburg Park

Austinburg Park currently contains play equipment, swings, a small shelter, a ballfield, and a basketball court.  Friday’s movie night begins public engagement for rehab project  COVINGTON, Ky. – Get your mental “vision board” ready.   Before the opening credits roll on Friday night’s outdoor movie, “A Dog’s Life,” at Austi...
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