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"Monday morning, April 13, 2026, Maurer Well Service will be installing a well on the main Island on Covington Parkway. Residents will be restricted to using the ENTRANCE side only for both incoming and outgoing vehicles," wrote KPVA President Sandy in an April 11 email to homeowners. "Please use extreme caution when leaving and entering the neighborhood." The back entrance at Adams Road gate will be open, but a large mulch pile there may require you to drive across some mul

Both snow and leaves lined the streets as warm weather allowed the KPVillas landscaping contractor to resume the fall cleanup delayed by heavy snow. Piles of leaves and snow. A November 9, 2025, snowfall was the first of a few late fall storms that set back yard maintenance. Many people expected a second landscaping cleanup would occur after Thanksgiving. However, an ensuing Thanksgiving weekend storm disrupted those plans, and remnant snow segued to freezing slush, lea

Autumn became winter overnight, and the landscaping contractor serving KPVillas rapidly transitioned with it. On a sunny November 6, 2025, a line of leaf blowers was wending through the yards. A few days later, on the night of November 9, a heavy snowfall descended on the neighborhood. By sunrise, the streets, driveways, and walkways had been well cleared by New Generation Landscaping and Lawn Care. Unsurprisingly, deep and heavy snow thrown by plows knocked over some mailb

Over two days in early November, a five-man crew sealed road cracks to prevent the freeze/thaw cycle from creating potholes.  As one worker blew out the cracks ahead of the truck, another applied the heated sealant. The contractor Asphalt Restoration Services   describes it as "an asphalt-based emulsion sealer that reduces negative impact on the environment instead of the commonly used, highly carcinogenic coal tar alternative." Asphalt Restoration Services (ARS) workers bl