Infrastructure & Services Section :: Page 14

• New bridge honors builder Richard Eastman

  By Carol SimmonsMay 15, 2014

  

  Richard Eastman is to have the county’s newest covered bridge named in his honor. A ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication at 10 a.m. Friday, May 9, will open the newly constructed Richard P. Eastman Hyde Road Covered Bridge, which crosses a segment of the Little Miami Bike Trail.

• Richard P. Eastman Covered Bridge opens

  By Carol SimmonsMay 12, 2014

  

  About 200 people gathered Friday morning, May 9, for the opening and dedication of the new Richard P. Eastman Hyde Road covered bridge.

• Council considers safety at Ellis Pond

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 8, 2014

  

  Council members considered whether Village government should spend substantial funds to build two new bridges at Ellis Pond, in light of a serious accident that occurred at the pond last year.

• Village planners approve CBE streets

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  At their meeting on April 16 Village Planning Commission approved the street dedication for the Center for Business and Education, a request to install a Verizon cellular telephone tower at Bryan Center, and rezoning of the former Creative Memories property.

• Villagers asked to conserve water

  By YS News StaffApril 17, 2014

  

  The Ohio EPA is asking villagers to voluntarily reduce their water usage.

• Village Mediation mends village fences

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The Village Mediation Program was erected in the 1980s to bring interested parties together to talk out their differences.

• Yellow Springs cuts energy use smartly

  By Megan BachmanMarch 13, 2014

  

  Yellow Springs shaved 3.7 percent off of its annual electricity use over the last three years, thanks to a communitywide energy-efficiency program.

• Miami Township Fire-Rescue squad gets accredited

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 27, 2014

  

  Volunteerism may have dwindled over the past 50 years, but no where is it felt more seriously as a matter of life and death than in small town fire and EMS departments across the country. Miami Township Fire-Rescue is no exception.

• SIDEBAR: Yellow Springs Water Rate Hike

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Vilage Council members agreed on a 15 percent increase in Village water rates.

• Yellow Springs Utility funds show deficits

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  At their Feb. 3 meeting, Village Council members heard that, in the projected 2014 Village budget, most of the Village enterprise (or utility) funds — the water fund, sewer fund and solid waste funds — show deficit spending.