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The Cov moves toward future with electric vehicle chargers

Federal grant to provide bulk of $600K investment at four garages, parking lots COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington is about to make it more feasible for drivers to own electric vehicles with the pending installation of charging stations at four locations in the city. The City, through the Covington Motor Vehicle Parking Authority, is putting up $100,000 to match a $500,000 federal Carbon...

Special Meeting Notice – Board of Devou Properties 7/19/2023

A Special Meeting of the Board of Devou Properties will be held in person on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 400 p.m. at the Drees Pavilion, 790 Park Lane, Covington, KY 41011 for the purpose of conducting the business of the regularly scheduled meeting.

Hügelkultur, boogie & crooning crocodile

COVINGTON, Ky. – How do you top a weekend that featured professional soccer and baseball, two nights of Taylor Swift, and fireworks? By doing a whole lot of nothing, not even leaving your couch. Stay put and … binge Yellowjackets … read a book … take long naps … do crossword puzzles … order carry-out … and maybe lift yourself off the couch long en...

‘When in the Course of human events …’

City Hall closed Tuesday for Independence Day; be courteous to your neighbors COVINGTON, Ky. – Some 247 years ago, 56 courageous men signed a document making it adamantly clear that they, their families, and their neighbors had no intention of living under the overbearing rule of the British Empire an ocean way. It was, colloquially speaking, a big “Buzz off!” missive t...

If weather sirens sound, take shelter in county garage

Emergency plan created as threat of storms come during huge Taylor Swift concerts  COVINGTON, Ky. – If severe weather hits Covington in the next couple of days, concert-goers and others along downtown streets or the riverfront can seek shelter in the Kenton County Parking Garage at 230 Madison Ave.  That’s according to the “Taylor Swift Special Weather Plan&rdq...

‘Kinky Boots,’ Shibori, & patriotic pups

COVINGTON, Ky. – We’re going to assume you know what’s happening across the river on Friday and Saturday. (If not – and this newsletter presents the first you’ve learned of this event – we should probably give serious prizes for your skilled separation from pop culture and daily news.) We’ll get to Taylor Swift and the Swifties invasion in a minute, bu...

City to issue new short-term rental licenses

Moratorium ends with adoption of overhauled regulations; patience urged as procedures are put in place COVINGTON, Ky. – The moratorium is over. The City of Covington is set to begin processing applications for new short-term rental licenses with the adoption Wednesday evening of amended regulations that protect the residential character of historic neighborhoods while giving propert...

From humble beginnings, Independence Day Parade in Peaselburg one of region’s oldest

COVINGTON, Ky. – Next Tuesday, the Friends of Peaselburg Neighborhood Association’s Independence Day Parade continues its 50-year tradition as Covington’s only July 4th parade. The event, also billed as one of the region’s oldest Independence Day parades, traces its beginnings to the early 1960s, when neighbors on Euclid Avenue who were hosting an Independence Day party ...

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 6/15/2023

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 6/15/2023
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