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Infrastructure & Services Section :: Page 14

  • Yellow Springs water loop construction continues

    By Diane ChiddisterMay 21, 2015

    Village Supervisor of Electric and Water Distribution Johnnie Burns, at left, is shown last Friday on Corry Street overseeing the work of GM Pipelines crews working on the water system loop completion project. To facilitate water flow, the GM crews are replacing old 8-inch pipes with 10- or 12- inch pipes at three locations: downtown, on the Antioch College campus, and on Herman Street. The project should be complete at the end of May. (Photo by diane Chiddister)

    Village utility crews are working on the loop completion project of the Village water system, which aims to improve water pressure and fire flow to downtown businesses, residents and Antioch College.

  • Kids get kicks (and fire truck rides!) with Miami Township Fire-Rescue

    By Lauren HeatonMay 19, 2015

    The local fire and EMS squad held a fundraiser this weekend during National Emergency Medical Service Week.

  • Yellow Springs holds fiber network forum Saturday

    By Lauren HeatonApril 23, 2015

    A municipal network fiber forum will be held this Saturday, April 25, at the Miami Valley Educational Computer Association.

  • Fiber Forum: Municipal Broadband Network

    By Carol SimmonsApril 16, 2015

    Fiber Forum: Municipal Broadband Network

  • High-speed internet discussed as Village utility

    By Carol Simmons

    Tim Barhorst, left, chair of the Springs-Net nonprofit and Thor Sage of the Miami Valley Educational Computer Association, or MVECA, are among the organizers of the Fiber Forum, to take place Saturday, April 25, beginning at 9 a.m. at MVECA on East Enon Road. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    Internet access has become a utility, say community members who are urging Village leaders to construct a fiber optic network that would provide high-speed Internet access for the entire town.

  • Council nears water softening vote

    By Diane ChiddisterApril 2, 2015

    A group of Village officials and staff members visited this water treatment plant, in Jackson County, Ohio, recently to observe the plant’s pellet softening process. Council will likely vote at its April 6 meeting on whether to add pellet softening to the new water plant. Shown above are tanks used in the process. (Submitted photo by John Yung)

    Village Council is close to approving a water softening component to its proposed new water plant, slated for construction in 2016.

  • Balance of beaver, human needs

    By Megan BachmanNovember 27, 2014

    A detention basin along King Street has become an accidental wetland at the paws of furry, semi-aquatic rodents that recently moved into the village.

  • 70 visit local wastewater plant

    By Diane ChiddisterOctober 23, 2014

    About 70 personnel from southwestern Ohio water and wastewater treatment plants attended a regional meeting last Thursday, Oct. 16, that included a tour and demonstrations at the Yellow Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant.

  • Issue 2 seeks library stability

    By Diane Chiddister

    On Nov. 4, voters will find on the ballot Issue 2, the library levy.

  • Library seeks support Nov. 4

    By Diane ChiddisterOctober 21, 2014

    Leaders of the Greene County Library system, which includes the Yellow Springs Library, are hoping voters say Yes to Issue 2 on the Nov. 4 ballot.

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