Infrastructure & Services Section :: Page 11

• 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.

• Village Council— Group urges a village-wide fiber network

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 10, 2016

  

  A municipal fiber optic network would bring new jobs and business to the village, Village Council members were recently advised.

• Environmental Commission report to Council— Focus is on ‘organic land management’ and climate change

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Educating villagers on alternatives to pesticides is one of the current projects of the Environmental Commission.

• Yellow Springs water plant cost goes up

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 3, 2016

  

  The estimated cost of the new Village water plant increased during recent negotiations with the construction firm Council is hiring to build the plant.