Newton County residents can now nominate and vote for their favorite events, businesses, civic organizations and more in The Covington News’ Best of Newton contest. Voting opened Oct. 17 and will run through Nov. 21. To access the contest, visit www.covnews.com and select the “Best of Newton” tab located at the upper, left-hand corner of the page, or put www.covnews.com/bestof directly into the URL tab.