Articles by Reilly Dixon :: Page 4
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Three-peaters
The Leftovers did it again — the team is, for the third year in a row, the reigning champs of the local adult softball league.
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Ellis Park prairie takes root
What was previously a continuation of the grassy perimeter around the pond, the new native prairie — stretching across 4,500 square feet in the northern reaches of Ellis Park — is now a dappled patchwork of milkweed, aster, ironweed, coneflowers and other native flowers.
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Planning Commission approves next steps in ongoing development projects
At the group’s Tuesday, Sept. 10 meeting, Planning Commission members approved: a phase two final plat application from DDC Management, a conditional use application from Ruetschle Architects on behalf of the Village School District and a zoning map amendment to rezone 3.612 acres of school district-owned land.
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Tecumseh Land Trust seeks protection on 184 acres
Approximately 184 acres along Dayton-Yellow Springs Road may soon go up for auction to the highest bidder; Tecumseh Land Trust intends to purchase that land or work with a buyer to protect it from future development with conservation easements.
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Burn ban set for county as drought persists
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Ohio State Fire Marshal classified Greene County as experiencing an “extreme drought.” Following this, the marshal instated a burn ban for Greene and other Ohio counties under “extreme” or “exceptional” drought conditions.
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BREAKING | Small fire in Glen Helen contained
A small fire erupted in Glen Helen Nature Preserve around 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Sept. 17.
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Burkett new Village Mediation coordinator
A free conflict-resolution service in Yellow Springs since 1989, the Village Mediation Program, or VMP, helps feuding villagers and township residents get to the bottom of their issues.
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Tin Can Economy | Lesser-of-two-evilism is bunk
“Vote for whomever you will, but please do not begrudge those with misgivings over checking the ‘lesser’ of the two evil boxes on Tuesday, Nov. 6.”
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Windfall
Last month, Yellow Springs gained its newest public art installation: a six-by-eight-foot colored pencil illustration of four-legged suburban homes crushing a quintessential red American barn.
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Greene County ESC shows interest in Morgan Fields
In an Aug. 28 letter penned by ESC Superintendent Terry Graves-Strieter and Interim Treasurer Kasey Mahaffey to YS School District leaders, the ESC is considering the purchase of the Morgan Fields to “have the land as a space for our students … for recess and other outdoor activities.
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