Infrastructure & Services Section :: Page 20

• A new look and safer sidewalks for downtown

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 21, 2012

  Villagers will encounter changes downtown this summer, as a village sidewalk renovation project on the eastern side of Xenia Avenue that aims to make downtown safer and more attractive moves ahead.

• Village breaks ground on sidewalk repairs

  By Megan BachmanMay 22, 2012

  

  Long awaited repairs to Village sidewalks began last week with the building of a piece of sidewalk along Xenia Avenue near the bikepath.

• A tale of two waters

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 17, 2012

  Soon, Council will choose between upgrading its aging water plant or purchasing water from Springfield. It seems timely, then, to compare various aspects of Yellow Springs and Springfield water.

• No-coal choice saved money

  By Megan Bachman

  The Village’s decision five years ago against investing in a 1,600-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Illinois may have spared its electric customers from decades of high utility bills.

• Financing for solar farm is delayed

  By Megan Bachman

  Financing for a Village solar farm is taking longer than expected, raising uncertainty about when, or whether, the local project will be built.

• Opinions differ over wind power

  By Megan Bachman

  

  When Ohio’s largest wind farm comes online this summer, 300-ton turbines reaching 40 stories high will convert wind into electricity, and will help Ohioans cut carbon dioxide emissions and stem climate change. Or will it?

• YS News Water Survey Results

  By Megan Bachman

  

  See the results from a recent Yellow Springs News online survey of 205 municipal water customers.

• Tackling hard water, hard choices

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 10, 2012

  Of all the critical decisions made by municipal governments, perhaps no decisions are more important than those concerning water.

• Village objects to court ruling in tap-in case

  By Lauren HeatonMay 3, 2012

  On Friday, April 20, the Village of Yellow Springs filed objections to the first ruling by a Greene County magistrate who decided in favor of Ken and Betheen Struewing in their case against the Village.

• Small towns, bigger water bills

  By Diane Chiddister

  The price we pay for the water that flows from our taps is determined by a variety of factors, including a bit of guesswork