(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.)
Thanksgiving is all about a savory dinner, time with family and friends, and – of course – giving thanks. But as with most holidays, celebrating can create a lot of waste. Here’s how to make your Thanksgiving a little ...
Goal: Make Madison, 7th more walkable, likely to attract investment
COVINGTON, Ky. – The public will get its first detailed look and chance to comment next week on new streetscape designs for Madison Avenue and Seventh Street aimed at complementing private investment by improving both the aesthetics and function of those downtown streets.
Separate online presentations will be h...
(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. – Think of it as the average home’s version of spent fuel rods from a nuclear reactor – dangerous waste that’s difficult to get rid of in a safe and eco-friendly manner and devastating to future ...
New contract for 10 roads in Covington should mean
quicker response, Public Works says
COVINGTON, Ky. – Drivers should experience smoother and safer travel on main routes through the City this winter.
Saying its Public Works crews are positioned to respond more quickly within Covington’s borders, the City of Covington is taking over the responsibilities of repairing poth...
This historic iron drinking fountain and the irrigation system in George Rogers Clark Park in the Historic Licking Riverside Neighborhood were funded by the Covington Neighborhood Grant Program.
City, CGN to hold virtual meeting Thursday to boost
participation in $60K grant program
COVINGTON, Ky. – Solar lights in Levassor Park. A drinking fountain in George Rogers Clark P...
Think you have a lot of leaves to rake up? Covington’s Public Works Department today began its annual tour across the city, picking up the mess of autumn on streets with trees in the public right of way.
Manning the vacuum on Greenup Street in this picture this morning is seasonal Prince Baker; blowing the leaves are, from left, seasonal Patrick Reynolds, laborer IV James Payne,...
The redevelopment of Peaselburg Park – the second City park/playground finished on an overlapping rehab schedule – relied in large part on community input.
Covington, Horizon Community Funds partner to build confidence
for private donations toward activities, facilities
COVINGTON, Ky. – It doesn’t have its own irreverent TV show, but what’s known as Park...
Look here to see when your street is scheduled
COVINGTON, Ky. – “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree,” wrote English poet Emily Bronte some 200 years ago … but then she didn’t have to rake all those falling leaves. If she had, the “speaking” might have included the words of sailors instead of poets.
Ho...
(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. – Recycling is great, but prevention is better! Instead of letting junk mail and unopened magazines pile up, go to the source and get off those mailing lists before the junk mail comes your way.
A few ways to h...
The pandemic has forced many organizations and companies to work with skeleton staffing. That’s not true at the City of Covington’s Public Works Department.
Or is it?
Here, light equipment operator Joe Rump and his bone-man colleague – he who shows up during Halloween season – sweep the streets in the Monte Casino neighborhood.