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City seeks applications for Recreation Assistant

JOIN OUR TEAM! We are currently seeking a Recreation Assistant to join our Neighborhood Services Department. Job Title:                  Recreation Assistant Department:             Neighborhood Services Salary Range:  &nbs...

City seeks applications for Recreation Program Coordinator

JOIN OUR TEAM! We are currently seeking a Recreation Program Coordinator to join our Neighborhood Services Department. Job Title:                  Recreation Program Coordinator  Department:             Neighborhood Services ...

Covington’s Snow & Ice Team: We’re ready

Covington’s Snow & Ice Team gathered recently in front of the road salt dome near the Public Works Department’s garage on Boron Drive.   COVINGTON, Ky. - When winter unleashes its misery and covers Covington streets with snow and ice, most people eye their morning commute or evening trip to the grocery with anxiety and dread.  But Charlie McCain can’t wait to get ou...

The sound of kids learning: Read Ready Covington distributes books

Rachel Hungler, an AmeriCorps member with the City of Covington, left, and community volunteer JoAnn Bryant wrap books at the Read Ready Covington event. COVINGTON, Ky. - Some 200 books were distributed Tuesday as part of Read Ready Covington’s goal of giving young children something to read over the holiday break.  The early childhood literacy initiative held a Popup Holiday Bookstore ...

Garbage, recycling delayed part of next week

COVINGTON, Ky. - Ah, the holidays.   The songs may sing of roasting chestnuts, sleigh bells, and horses “drawing” runner-equipped sleighs across peaceful landscapes glistening with snow on midnights clear.   (As if ... )   See, we know that Christmas reality is more apt to be cursing those burned-out light strings, cutting the wrapping paper too short, and feeling guilty...

Live in Covington? Get in to museum free

The Holiday Toy Trains display has been a family tradition at Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington’s Devou Park for many years. (Photo courtesy BCM) COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington residents get free admission Saturday to Behringer-Crawford Museum in Devou Park, just in time for its holiday attractions.  What can you see?  Holiday Toy Trains, which includes over 250 feet of track...

‘Fresh’ faces, energy sought for 3 City boards

Covington needs to fill a vacancy on the board that oversees the Housing Authority of Covington’s various sites, including the 235-unit Latonia Terrace on Madison Pike. COVINGTON, Ky. - Do you enjoy studying the nuances and legalities of zoning? Would you like to help guide development in Covington? Do you believe in the obligation of local government to help provide affordable housing? Do y...

Free holiday bookstore for Covington parents

Jacob Brooks, Group Vice President of the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati, and Tami Chapman, senior program director at R.C. Durr YMCA, pose with some of the books collected by the branch for Read Ready Covington.  YMCA collections benefit Read Ready Covington   COVINGTON, Ky. - Thanks to two regional YMCA branches, Covington parents or care-givers looking to put books under the tree for t...

Smack talk at City Hall: Food Drive nets 1,214 lbs.

The Economic Development team brought in 236 cans and other food items and shaped them into a Christmas tree. COVINGTON, Ky. - It was a week of trash talking and showboating at City Hall, but in the end all the “competition” was for a good cause: Some 1,214 pounds of food was collected for one of the agencies that feeds families in Covington. The food drive started out with a low-key r...
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