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Parks & Rec closes books on successful 2021 pool season
with plans for a bigger, better 2022
COVINGTON, Ky. – Each drop in autumn temperatures is pushing the 2021 summer pool season further back in the rearview mirror, but Covington’s Parks & Rec staff are both reveling in the success of the season and making plans for next y...
Upcoming cleanup events help solve trash problems
COVINGTON, Ky. – Need to do some fall cleaning?
Two events in the coming weeks can help you not only make extra space in your basement and shed but also get rid of problematic items like oil, antifreeze, televisions, and tires.
The first event, this Saturday at the Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub in C...
Torrential rains in June 2019 flooded basements and tore up pavement, including on Montague Road below Devou Park.
City employing next step to zero in on health concerns
related to rain runoff woes
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington is employing the next step in figuring out whether some of its residents’ basement-flooding issues, particularly those with potential health imp...
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of recycling tips from the City of Covington's Neighborhood Services Department, Solid Waste & Recycling Division.)
COVINGTON, Ky. – Finally, there’s a recycling label that does not come with so much confusion.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the “chasing arrows” symbol (the triangle surrounding a numeral) was a...
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington has created a survey to pick the public’s brain on how to spend $35.9 million over the next 3 to 5 years.
The money can’t be spent on just anything.
Rather, it must be allocated within broad categories related to recovering from the economic and public health challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Oct. 31, the City must send...
Brad Schwenke and Gene Koehl of Covington’s Public Works Department check out the site where the new salt dome will go while Greystone Construction employees work on the footers.
Public Works erecting ‘dome’ at Russell St. home-to-be
for 1,500 tons of wintry road treatment
COVINGTON, Ky. – When some people go looking for a new home, they think ...
(First photo) From left, Jason Covington, James Johnson, and Paul Thompson of Covington’s Public Works Department prepare to install the pizza-box recycling containers in MainStrasse Village.
(Second photo) The installed receptacle keeps large pizza boxes from clogging garbage cans.
3 receptacles installed in MainStrasse Village to reduce litter
COVINGTON, Ky. – A large pizza ...
Think of 1.9 acres “as a blank canvas,” City says
COVINGTON, Ky. – Pretend you’re a painter looking at a blank canvas.
That’s the approach that Covington Parks & Rec chief Ben Oldiges wants residents to take when they make suggestions on how to improve Austinburg Park.
“Nothing is off the table,” Oldiges said. “...
The floorplan at 1730 Russell St. is currently very open. (Photo from Hub+Weber Architects)
Russell St. rehab also paves way for Rumpke HQ
COVINGTON, Ky. – The job of turning vacant warehouse-like space on Russell Street into the new home for Covington’s Public Works Department is being turned over to Radius Construction.
In a specially called meeting this afternoon, the...
Austinburg Park currently contains play equipment, swings, a small shelter, a ballfield, and a basketball court.
Friday’s movie night begins public engagement for rehab project
COVINGTON, Ky. – Get your mental “vision board” ready.
Before the opening credits roll on Friday night’s outdoor movie, “A Dog’s Life,” at Austi...