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WEEKEND!
Just like last weekend, there's no
end to special events this time around:


It's about
Goetta this weekend
Goetta was originally a German peasant dish, meant to stretch out servings of meat
over several meals to conserve money.
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Participants from a previous year look for another
clue during the annual Covington Quest event
Saturday's Covington Quest is part
scavenger hunt, part race and all fun
It's this Saturday, July 19th, beginning at Covington Landing at the foot of Madison Avenue. Teams of four must solve clues to find twelve secret locations in Covington. They navigate the approximately 4-mile course. STORY |
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Persona Obscura opens tonight
at Artisan's Enterprise Center
Amy Greene's paintings depict the figure in a variety of poses, each eluding the viewer's gaze, while Jesse Fox's photographic series captures individuals facing their phobias. | STORY
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River Sweep: Cleaning up the
river banks this weekend
River Sweep is a one-day shoreline cleanup that extends the entire length of the Ohio River and some of its tributaries. The sweep is scheduled for Saturday, June 19, from 8:00 am until noon. | STORY
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Farmer's Market will be
open during GoettaFest
Chosen again in 2010, for the eighth consecutive year, as one of the Summer's Top Ten Festivals and Events by the Kentucky Tourism Council, MainStrasse Village "Original" Goettafest invites you to join in the excitement. The weekly Farmer's Market on Sixth Street will be open Saturday during the festival.
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Covington weather: Perhaps
thunderstorms Saturday afternoon
Mostly sunny today with highs in the upper 80s. Perhaps some rain on Saturday.
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Covington history:
Pike Street fire
Another fire. Covington nearly lost the historic buildings at the corner of Pike and Madison when a fire broke out at Becky's Flowers in 1992.
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Cincinnati overrun by bedbugs
"They harbor in your bed, bedroom furniture, and they come out in the middle of the night," explained Kenneth Diotte, branch manager with Terminix. "They're like vampires: they suck blood. A lot of people will have some kind of mark from a bed bug bite, but a lot of people won't."

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Congressmembers exasperated
by BP's stonewalling
BP chief executive Tony Hayward's repeated insistence that the investigation is still going on, that it is too early to tell, that he wasn't part of the decision making process, is infuriating and exasperating the politicians who want and expect clear answers. More at CovingtonUSA's
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Coming Events GoettaFest is this weekend >> Chosen again in 2010, for the eighth consecutive year, as one of the Summer's Top Ten Festivals and Events by the Kentucky Tourism Council, MainStrasse Village "Original" Goettafest invites you to join in the excitement. RiverSweep this Saturday >> River sweep is a one-day shoreline cleanup that extends the entire length of the Ohio River and some of its tributaries. The sweep is scheduled for Saturday, June 19, from 8:00 am until noon (weather permitting). More at the EVENTS page >