The municipal office will have reduced office hours on Monday, April 20th and Tuesday, April 21st. The office will be open from 8:30am to 3:30pm. The zoning officer will be in the office from 8:00am to 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 21st. We apologize for any inconvenience.
The municipal office will be closed on Friday, April 24, 2026. It will re-open for normal business hours on Monday, April 27, 2026 at 8:00 am. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
The municipal office will be closed on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. It will re-open for normal business hours on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 8:00 am. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
In observance of Good Friday, the municipal office will be closed on Friday, April 3, 2026. The office will re-open for normal hours on Monday, April 6, 2026 at 8:00 am. Recycling will be OPEN on Saturday, April 4, 2026 from 7:00am to 11:00am.
Covington Township’s Annual Spring Clean Up will take place on Friday, May 15th and Saturday, May 16th, 2026 from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. Residents should bring proof of residency. Please enter the Covington Fire Grounds rear parking via Dorantown Road and exit via Route 502. No permits will be issued, however, residency will be verified. For questions, please call the township office, 570-842-8336.
Covington Township’s Annual Spring Clean Up will take place on Friday, May 15th and Saturday, May 16th, 2026 from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. Residents should bring proof of residency. Please enter the Covington Fire Grounds rear parking via Dorantown Road and exit via Route 502. No permits will be issued, however, residency will be verified. For questions, please call the township office, 570-842-8336.
The Easter event originally scheduled for March 28, 2026 has been CANCELLED. We apologize for any inconvenience.
In observance of President’s Day, the municipal office will be closed on Monday, February 16, 2026. The office will re-open for normal business hours on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Hearing Board of Covington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania at 6:45 p.m. on February 10, 2026 at the Covington Township Building, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 for the purpose of receiving evidence and hearing testimony concerning the Application for an Appeal of Zoning Officer’s Decision and in the alternative a Variance for the use of a “Bus Terminal” by the Applicant H.E. Rohrer, LLC d/b/a Rohrer Bus Services on the real property owned by the Descipio Irrevocable Trust and Anthony J. Descipio, Sr., located at 1200 Drinker Turnpike (Covington Township) Covington, PA 18444 with Tax Parcel No. 1980-402-001001. At issue are the requests for relief under the Covington Township Zoning Ordinance sections 404.4 titled “R-2-High Density Residential District”, Article III-Definitions “Bus Terminal”, “Vehicles”, “Vehicle and Equipment Sales Operation”, “Vehicle or Equipment Repair Operations”, 507.6-“Changes of Nonconforming Uses”, 507.7 “Extension of Nonconforming Uses” and 608.3-“Variances”. The property is located in a R-2-High Density Residential District of the Covington Township Zoning Ordinance
If you have any objection to said requests for relief, you should be present at said time and place as stated above to make your objection known to the Zoning Hearing Board or be represented by an attorney at that hearing.
The zoning hearing board will hold their annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 6:00 pm. The agenda for this meeting can be found under the meeting documents, meeting agendas tab.