Michelle Williams, who served four terms on the Covington Board of Commissioners, poses with a resolution honoring her service.
COVINGTON, Ky. – The Covington Board of Commissioners said “farewell" to its longest-serving member, Michelle Williams, on Tuesday night with a formal resolution and a gift of an engraved wooden keepsake box.
Mostly, however, they told stories.
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But holidays will affect transfer station hours
COVINGTON, Ky. – The holidays are a lot of work: Wrapping, baking, decorating, stringing lights, cleaning, opening boxes and emptying bottles etc. etc.
But as your trash and recycling carts start to fill up, there’s no need to stress: The Christmas and New Year’s holidays will have no impact on the trash & recycling pickup...
Michael Hilton, a tillerman on Truck 1 at the Covington Fire Department, installs a smoke detector.
Covington Fire Department partners with schools to protect families from fires
COVINGTON, Ky. – What with burning candles, space heaters, crackling fireplaces, and drying Christmas tree needles, ‘tis the season for house fires … so Covington fire officials want to make ...
The lavender areas denote neighborhoods where homebuyers can participate in the ARPA Mortgage Assistance Program.
New City program gives mortgage assistance in qualifying areas
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City is setting aside an additional $500,000 in federal funds to help people buy homes in certain neighborhoods where it wants to spur homeownership.
Homebuyers could receive grants of up...
COVINGTON, Ky. – In between the magnificent holiday shopping you’re doing at all the fine local retailers in The Cov this weekend, take a break and enjoy the fun events going on in the city as well.
Put down the shopping bags, rest your aching feet, and eat some totchos, listen to music, hang out with cats, and then … get back up and finish your shopping.
Build a sweet hou...
Virtual ‘fly-through’ video, renderings show proposed ‘look, feel’ of 23-acre’s future in The Cov
COVINGTON, Ky. – The takeaway from a new virtual “fly-through” video is immediately clear: The “look” and “feel” of what’s now a 23-acre blank canvas in downtown Covington will be nothing like the expansive and steri...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Please note that City Hall will be closed between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, for the City’s annual Employee Holiday Luncheon.
If you have business to conduct with the City, please arrange to do so outside those hours.
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Draft agenda, legislation, and minutes from the previous meeting.
Pick-up, drop-off options save landfill space; non-working lights also wanted
COVINGTON, Ky. – An early heads up: When the holidays are over and your once-“live” tree is shedding needles, the City of Covington wants it.
“Rather than take up space in a land-fill, the tree is better off shredded and turned into mulch that can be used to beautify garden spots aroun...
Rehab of former boxing gym showcases City’s use of federal funds for housing
COVINGTON, Ky. – In the middle of Covington’s urban core, on its main business thoroughfare, behind the walls of a three-story brick facade, a 1995 article in The Kentucky Post described an upper floor setting that would have surprised most people:
“… dimly lit, with holes in the ...