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It’s beginning to feel a lot like … fall

COVINGTON, Ky. - It's getting colder outside, obviously, so it's time in Covington to do some cool weather things.   Halloween parties, trail clearing, neighborhood cook-outs, painting pumpkins. Those things. And of course the weekly Covington Farmers Market is offering fall kinds of crops.   Of you could learn how to fuse glass to make a sun-catcher, or mount a black scorpion for displa...

City: Where to apply RIPPLE Effect?

COVINGTON, Ky. - Drop a pebble in a pond, and it creates a ripple. But toss in a whole bunch of bigger rocks at the same time, and it creates a series of waves that reach higher, travel further, and last longer - resonating long after the rocks themselves have disappeared.   That’s the motive behind a new initiative in the City of Covington that will focus the City’s resources and...

First-quarter budget ‘right on track’

COVINGTON, Ky. - One fourth of the way into the City of Covington’s fiscal year, the City’s finances are right on schedule in regards to both spending and revenue, Finance Director Muhammed Owusu told elected officials tonight.   “There are no surprises - nothing to get excited about, nothing to cause concern,” Owusu said. “It’s early in the year, of course...

White Cane Safety Day celebrates independence

Covington Police Chief Rob Nader, second from right, and others with the department get a small taste of what it’s like to be blind while crossing Madison Avenue blindfolded as part of “White Cane Safety Day.” COVINGTON, Ky. - What’s it like to cross the street when you’re blind? Some of Covington’s top police administrators and others found out today durin...

‘Touch a Truck’ draws over 1,000

COVINGTON, Ky. - An estimated 1,100 people converged on the Latonia Shopping Center early Saturday afternoon for the City of Covington’s first “Touch a Truck” event. The star of the show were the trucks - all the vehicles used by public service agencies in the City (and those which respond to the City) to keep Covington residents safe and infrastructure properly maint...

New City e-blast ‘a want ad’ for commercial properties

COVINGTON, Ky. - In one group are businesses looking to move to Covington or expand here. In the other group are owners of property or buildings in the City that are available, or could be.   Wanting to play matchmaker between the two, City Hall is resurrecting a bi-weekly “Real Estate Leads” e-blast to advertise interest in Covington.   “We receive two or three ne...

Reminder: Property tax deadline Monday

COVINGTON, Ky. - Property tax payments in the City of Covington are due by end of the day Monday.   That day - Oct. 15 - is also the last day that City Hall will open earlier and close later as a convenience for taxpayers.   The Finance Customer Service walk-in window - located just inside the entrance to City Hall at 20 West Pike St. - will be open until 5:30 p.m. today and ...

Trick or treat hours carved in stone

COVINGTON, Ky. - Trick or treat hours have been officially set in the City of Covington: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 31 (it’s a Wednesday this year).   (Yes, we know that Halloween is still about three weeks’ away, but we’re already receiving inquiries at City Hall, so we decided to reassure the City’s youth that trick or treating IS being officially sanctioned again this y...

Big trucks, trees & cornhole

COVINGTON, Ky. - We tried to find a theme for a weekend that features a cornhole tournament ... a tree planting ... a scary movie in a cemetery ... a huge show-and-tell event for public works and public safety trucks ... roller derby ... a candidates' forum ... a Masquerade pub crawl ... and a stage reading of a local playwright's work.   But then we just gave up.   Suffice to say that t...

Tree-planting event Saturday in desperate need

Volunteers planted almost 50 trees along sidewalks in the Austinburg neighborhood in April. Now it's Latonia's turn. COVINGTON, Ky. - A dozen reasons to help plant streetscape trees in Latonia on Saturday:  You like to dig in dirt.  You need exercise.  Moonrise doughnuts and Bean Haus coffee.  Mother Earth needs you.  Your neighbors are cool - ...
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