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Riverfront Commons work begins next week

Take a good look, because next Tuesday the parking lot under the Roebling Suspension Bridge will be fenced off and filled with construction equipment. Construction to take over parking lot under Suspension Bridge   COVINGTON, Ky. - The long-awaited construction of the “crown jewel” section of Riverfront Commons begins next Tuesday.   Crews from Prus Construction will begin...

Riverfest rules set for downtown, Devou

Familiar restrictions address safety, traffic COVINGTON, Ky. - Enormous crowds will again flock to the riverfront and viewing spots around Covington to watch the annual Labor Day weekend fireworks on Sept. 1, so Covington is putting in place familiar restrictions designed to ensure safety and orderly traffic flow.  The rules address issues like road closures, parking, alcohol, skateboards, mo...

Latonia cuisine, beetles & Botox

COVINGTON, Ky. - This weekend is all about combinations.   Four flavors of VIVE ... Cannoli and Botox ... 5-horned rhinoceros beetles and rats ... and 20 food vendors from Latonia.   Read on ...   Four flavors hard seltzer Blood Orange. Cherry. Peach. Black Raspberry.   It doesn’t quite have the rhythmic attraction of “raspberry red, lemon yellow and orange orange&r...

Know a great volunteer? Nominate them

Some of last year’s winners of CGN’s Heart of the Community award. CGN to honor community 'warriors' at annual celebration  COVINGTON, Ky. - Do you know a volunteer in Covington who makes the community around them a better place? Or a youth who has shown leadership and the volunteer spirit?   Here’s your chance to see them recognized.   The Center for Great Neighb...

Engineers to draw plans to fix Western Ave. ‘drop’

Photographs “don’t do justice” to how much the eastern edge of Western Avenue has sunk. Transmission lines complicate road stabilization project  COVINGTON, Ky. - It's difficult to say exactly when the eastern edge of Western Avenue started dropping. It's much easier to say when it's going to be fixed: Soon.   An engineering firm hired by the City - Terracon Consultants...

Public Works director retiring

Covington Public Works Director Rick Davis at a job site overlooking the Licking River Davis led numerous high-profile projects during his 6 years  COVINGTON, Ky. - For Covington Public Works Director Rick Davis, the beginning of construction for two high-profile projects - the “crown jewel” phase of Riverfront Commons and the Sixth Street and Scott Street Restoration Project - w...

Progress on Peaselburg Park

The $80,000 rebuild of Peaselburg Park continues to move forward on Howell Street, as shown by these pictures taken by Parks & Recreation staff this week.

Indie films, ardent art & ‘Jenny Savage’

COVINGTON, Ky. - Mid-August. The dog days. The doldrums.   ... but not in Love The Cov, where everybody from blood-thirsty MMA fanatics to art aficionados (and yes, sometimes those are the same people) can find something to do.   BCM music TONIGHT It’s our weekly “better hurry” item: Music@BCM is tonight, and it features Ramona Blaine and The Company, touted b...
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