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  • Gaunt Park pool gets upgrades

    By Morgan BeardJune 7, 2018

    Several hundred villagers and out-of-towners converged on the Gaunt Park pool on Monday, a sweltering hot Memorial Day. The pool was recently upgraded with $80,000 worth of repairs, according to Village Public Works Director Johnnie Burns. The Yellow Springs pool is now the only operating municipal swimming pool in Greene County. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    The Gaunt Park Pool opened its gates last Saturday after being extensively repaired this month. The repairs were funded by part of the $150,000 budget appropriated to the Parks department Capital Improvement Fund by Village Council. 

  • Plan to protect local drinking water updated

    By Megan BachmanApril 19, 2018

    An update the Village of Yellow Springs Wellhead Protection Plan, first passed in 2001, features new strategies to protect the aquifer that is the source of local drinking water.

  • New setting for water softeners

    By Megan BachmanJanuary 26, 2018

    Brown water continues to show up in areas around the village.

    With the Village of Yellow Springs’ new $7.2 million water plant now online, residents should adjust their water softeners to a new setting — 15 grains per gallon.

  • Village Council— Town-gown ties strong

    By Megan BachmanSeptember 21, 2017

    Antioch College President Tom Manley praised the way the college and Yellow Springs, both “extraordinary places,” support one other.

  • Council passes villagewide lodging tax

    By Megan BachmanSeptember 14, 2017

    Guests who pay to stay overnight at local hotels, bed and breakfasts, guest houses or spare rooms will soon pay an extra tax to the Village of Yellow Springs.

  • Lap dogs

    By Aaron ZaremskySeptember 7, 2017

    Three tiny dogs who clearly enjoyed each other’s company as much as their dip in Labor Day's Gaunt Park Pool Doggie Splash fundraiser. (Photo by Aaron Zaremsky)

    Nearly 40 canines and their human companions, along with one miniature horse, took part in the first Doggie Splash on Labor Day at the Gaunt Park pool.

  • Community Solutions buys half of Arnovitz farm

    By Audrey HackettMarch 17, 2017

    Leaders and supporters of Community Solutions celebrated the nonprofit's new land holdings Thursday night. Community Solutions bought 128 acres of land on the western edge of Yellow Springs at auction on March 16, paying $655,000 for two of nine parcels up for sale. All parcels of the 267-acre Arnovitz farm were sold to a total of seven buyers. (Photo by Audrey Hackett)

    All nine parcels of the Arnovitz farm were sold at auction Thursday, March 16. Nearly half the land was purchased by Community Solutions, which plans to establish a center for regenerative agriculture on the property and relocate its offices there.

  • Holiday in the Village, Yellow Springs 2016

    By YS News StaffNovember 24, 2016

    2016 Holiday in the Springs

    Plan your Holiday in the Village with our 2016 online guide.

  • Cut electric rates with peak shaving

    By Dylan Taylor-LehmanAugust 4, 2016

    Periodically throughout the summer, Village government encourages Yellow Springers to assist with “peak shaving.” The practice is generally understood as a way to reduce electricity usage and save money, but what does it actually mean?

  • Street work continues around the village

    By YS News StaffMay 2, 2016

    John Morris, of the Jurgensen Company steers a cold asphalt planer through Kieth's Alley, to scrape off old asphalt and plane the surface. The old asphalt is processed and reused in the production of new asphalt. (Photo by Matt Minde)

    Village streets are receiving their annual repaving in the coming weeks.

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