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City Hall closed Monday

Memorial Day parade, events held in City   COVINGTON, Ky. – Offices at City Hall at 20 W. Pike St. will be closed Monday for Memorial Day and will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday.   The public is invited to honor the military fallen at the City’s annual parade and an array of ceremonies at military memorials around Covington that morning.   See https://bit.ly/...

A steady but thoughtful return to ‘normal’

Even as life slowly returns to “normal,” signs at City Hall advise City employees to be cautious and considerate of others. City starting to roll back pandemic-related restrictions, programs COVINGTON, Ky. – The pandemic isn’t over … yet.   But as COVID-19 case numbers continue to decrease and the number of people vaccinated continues to rise, the City of Covin...

Neighborhood cleanup event(s) on Saturday

Volunteers worked in the Monte Casino neighborhood, among others, during the first Great American Cleanup weekend in April.  Businesses also urged to do their part, clean their ‘front yards’  COVINGTON, Ky. – Volunteers will again spread out around Covington on Saturday to pick up litter and/or spread mulch and plant flowers.   The beautification event – or, ...

Need a job? Pool hiring events Thursday

No training, resume needed   (EDITOR’S NOTE: This release originally and mistakenly said “Friday.” The interview sessions are today, Thursday.) COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s not too late for Covington teens to get a job at the City’s two pools and water park this summer.  Two hiring events will happen Thursday, and any teen 15 or older can show up...
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A day of sobering reflection

Covington to honor fallen heroes with Memorial Day parade, ceremonies   COVINGTON, Ky. – Nine hours of activity on Monday morning will honor the military dead as part of Covington’s annual Memorial Day services – but the tone will be less of celebration and more of sobering reflection.   Over the last two centuries, men and women from Covington have fought valiantly in ...

Reconnecting to the river

Officials from the City and Prus Construction did a walk-through of the Covington Plaza space this week. With floating restaurants a failed experiment, The Cov’s new plaza space represents new philosophy COVINGTON, Ky. &nd...

Big Ben, Ernie & 4-legged officers

Officer Ernie served the Covington Police Department for 8½ years. The story behind a $10K grant  COVINGTON, Ky. – A press release published Tuesday in Pittsburgh gave the news: The Covington Police Department was among police departments awarded a $10,000 grant from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund (“Roethlisberger” being Big Ben, the Steeler...

$560K of fresh asphalt

Among the streets paved last year was East 6th Street between Madison and Greenup. Repaving on ‘worst’ streets in eight neighborhoods underway  COVINGTON, Ky. – Over half a million dollars of fresh asphalt will soon be spread on Covington streets that, in the words of the City’s Public Works director, currently represent some of the “worst of the worst” dri...

AND THE WINNERS ARE ...

KEEPIN’ IT REAL in THE COV To mark National Economic Development Week, the City of Covington this week gave out the first-annual, first-ever “Authenti-CITY Awards” to acknowledge five places, events, people, organizations etc. that make The Cov the most authentically cool city in the Tri-State. There are no rules (or criteria, really), and no formal ceremony: Just City staff s...

Mass of glass

(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. – Plastic isn’t the only material that causes “can or I can’t I? recycling anxiety.   So does glass.   Courtesy of Rumpke Waste & Recycling, the City of Covington’s partn...
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