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• 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?

• Antioch College’s cohousing gets green light

  By Audrey HackettJuly 14, 2016

  

  Antioch College Village is another step closer to reality. The college’s board of trustees voted last month to launch a 32-unit cohousing pilot project, the first phase of a larger vision for developing environmentally sustainable, multigenerational housing on campus.

• Village Council— Morris Bean sewer request raises concerns

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 7, 2016

  

  At Village Council’s June 20 meeting, a former Village manager took Council to task for not insisting that Morris Bean be annexed into the Village in exchange for hooking up the company to the Village sewer system. If annexed, the company would pay Village income taxes and thus enhance Village revenues.

• Next steps for fast, local Internet in village

  By Audrey HackettJune 23, 2016

  

  A municipal fiber optic network is feasible in Yellow Springs, according to members of Springs-Net, a citizen group that has been studying the issue for the past 18 months.

• New streetlights go in

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 12, 2016

  

  New railroad-style streetlamps were installed Wednesday on the west side of Xenia Avenue downtown.

• Clean-up week is almost here!

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 6, 2016

  

  The Village’s annual Spring Clean-up Week begins on Monday, May 9, and runs through Friday, the 13th.

• Rumpke waste processing facility — Just don’t call it a garbage dump

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanMay 5, 2016

  

  Trash is an inevitable part of life. A big part of life, to the tune of almost five pounds per person per day, and those five pounds of garbage have to go somewhere.

• Street work continues around the village

  By YS News StaffMay 2, 2016

  

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

• Village Council— Electric rate hike to start July 1

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 14, 2016

  

  Starting July 1, villagers are likely to see an increase in their electric bills, following Village Council’s unanimous vote at its April 4 meeting to amend the Village electric rate structure.

• Council questions water plant hike

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 17, 2016

  

  Council members considered that question at their March 7 meeting whether the village could recoup some of the money it paid for initial designs of the new water plant, given that cost turned out to be grossly inaccurate.