Newton County owns the Covington square and will have oversight, but the city of Covington will maintain the property and the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce will handle event scheduling for the square, under a new series of agreements approved last week. The Newton County Board of Commissioners approved two agreements Tuesday, one with Covington regarding maintenance of the square and one with the chamber regarding event permits and coordination. The chamber is in the process of folding the Main Street Covington program — which has handled downtown event permits for years — under