Chef Mitch Arens serves up food at last year’s Farm to Fork event, featuring products from the Covington Farmers Market.
Covington Farmers Market fundraiser puts local food in chef’s hands
COVINGTON, Ky. - It’s perfectly all right to admit it:
You’re enthralled with the summer squash, mushrooms, heirloom tomatoes, and other fresh produce you buy at the Cov...
Tweaks in requirements to help both tenants, landlords
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When first published, this release had the incorrect amount for the fine for a first-time offense.)
COVINGTON, Ky. - With several thousand rental units within its borders, the City of Covington is tweaking its Rental License Dwelling Ordinance to make it easier for landlords to navigate and more likely to achieve i...
COVINGTON, Ky. - This weekend is a little more interesting than the last few: A pop-up art show ... a birthday party for a restaurant ... a first look at a coffee, cocktails and art shop in Latonia ... a trail day ... and an opening in MainStrasse Village.
Plus live music and more.
One-of-a-kind art
Whether it’s a painting on the wall, a sculpture on the fireplace mantel, or a ...
Ripple Wine Bar’s outdoor seating on Pike Street was hopping on Tuesday night.
City urges support for (& compliance at) bars, restaurants
COVINGTON, Ky. - The state of Kentucky’s ever-evolving response to COVID-19 had good news for eating and drinking establishments this week: As of Tuesday, bars could reopen and restaurants could return to 50 percent seating capacity.
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City: Residents better served if MS4 permit managed in-house
COVINGTON, Ky. - Since 2003, the City of Covington has partnered with Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky to co-manage what’s called the City’s MS4 permit, a rather narrow subset of federal Clean Water Act that applies to the quality, not quantity, of rain once it falls to the ground and start...
Noting that the parking lot adjacent to Innovation Alley has hosted events over the years, the report from Emersion Design said it was “important for the new alley improvements to allow for these grassroots, pop-up activities to continue and thrive. This alley should become a ‘place’ and a ‘path.’ ”
New ‘hub,’ other changes to energize entrepreneurs...
$500K of repaving in 11 neighborhoods to begin soon
COVINGTON, Ky. - Get ready for the pungent smell of fresh asphalt.
The City of Covington’s annual repaving program will likely begin Aug. 17, weather permitting, with trucks, equipment, and crews heading to out to begin over half a million dollars of street work.
Under this year’s schedule, Bluegras...
Lane closure expected Tuesday; walkways to stay open
COVINGTON, Ky. - Be extra careful driving on the John S. Roebling Suspension Bridge next week.
Starting Monday, crews doing a routine inspection will be rappelling on the cables and towers to get a hands-on look at the structure, with work happening 8 a.m.-6 p.m. On Tuesday, one of the traffic lanes will be closed from 8:30 a....
COVINGTON, Ky. - We’re trying NOT to focus on the all the things we’re missing out on in Covington this year because of COVID-19, like Braxton Beer Miles, the badminton tournament at Hub + Weber, Riverfest, the Softball Home Run Derby etc. etc.
Instead, we’re going to be positive.
Covington still has an array of places where you eat, including many with outdoor tabl...
Thousands worked at soon-to-be-demolished IRS center
COVINGTON, Ky. - A single photograph shared by City Hall this week from inside the soon-to-be-demolished IRS processing center triggered memories for Covingtonians who used to work at the massive facility:
... “I met a lot of good people there. Good times.”
... “Brings back a thousand memo...