Rockin' the Rails

Covington Trailhead

5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Covington Trailhead.

Bluesberry Festival

Music and Art Fest at Bogue Falaya Park

Click here for link:

Bluesberryfest.com

Playmakers and Bras (for a Cause)

Beers, Bites and Oxtoberfest

Folk Songs of the Sixties (NPAS)

Proceeds benefit the Covington Boys and Girls Club … and that's a good thing.

Oxtoberfest.org

Fall for Art

St. Tammany Art Association

Vienna - Paris - Covington

Residents in and around Covington know that we are one of the coolest cities in America. Arguably, as I pointed out in this interview, we are one of the coolest cities in the World: Vienna - Paris - Covington. We also work very hard to keep this a secret. We have failed.

Earlier this year, Southern Living Magazine ranked Covington as the 16th Best Small Town in America. That's cool.

The bi-monthly newsletter is FREE in green boxes around the city. Page 3 is a great way to keep track of Covington events. We have over 20 events in October alone.

Sunset at the Landing

Last Concert of the Year

Heritage Bank teams up with the City of Covington to present wonderful musical artists in the beautiful setting of the historic Columbia Street Landing at 6:00pm on the 3rd Friday of each month.

Bring your chairs, your refreshments and your smiles.

The last one of the year is on October 21st.

Bayous and Bogues

We often think of bayou as a French word … but I can find no bayous in France. I've looked. The only place in the world bayous exist are where French explorers interacted with the Native American population (primarily Choctaw) in what today is south Louisiana and south Texas.

The same is true for Bogue: Bogue Falaya, Bogue Chitto and Bogalusa. The only "Bogues" are in the St. Ferdinand District (then Florida panhandle, today Washington and St. Tammany parishes).Bogue and bayou are the phonetically written words in French of the sound the Choctaw spoke for waterway.

Bogue Falaya … long waterway

Bogue Chitto ..… fast waterway

Bogalusa… …...black waterway

An examination of the two words, one over the other, shows a striking similarity in the shape of the lettering. I submit for your consideration that only a difference in penmanship between explorers separates the two words.

Replying to this e-mail goes directly to Mayor Mark.

For a new trash bin, contact Coastal Environmental at

Customer Care Form Or call 985-781-3171.

Over time we will be moving more and more to robotic arm trash pick up. Currently you should have one trash bin and one recycle bin (though the latter may be used as a supplemental trash bin). You may purchase an additional can (square, not round) at a store or from Coastal for $85.00.

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