Infrastructure & Services Section :: Page 27

• Energy group tasked to reduce carbon footprint

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 30, 2009

  At their April 20 meeting, members of Village Council unanimously approved a resolution that establishes an energy task force for Yellow Springs. The task force, or ETF, will be charged with working with Village staff to develop a strategic plan toward Council’s 2009 goal to “develop a comprehensive policy that addresses global warming and seeks to reduce the carbon footprint of our community.”

• Local access cable station at risk

  By Susan GartnerFebruary 26, 2009

  Tune in to Yellow Springs’ public access television station and you might find a Village Council meeting, a Community Band performance or a local resident singing in the shower, viewed from the neck up, thanking the television audience for their patronage. (“Thank you, thank you very much. I’ll be here all week.”) At the same […]

• Roads, security, visioning head Village capital projects

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 19, 2009

  The repair of roads and sidewalks, the purchase of security and police equipment and the funding of a visioning process were the most expensive 2009 Village general fund capital projects proposed by Manager Mark Cundiff at a recent budget planning workshop.

• Village crews commended on recovery job well done

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 25, 2008

  The Village crews did an outstanding job getting the town’s electric system up and running after last week’s wind storm, Interim Village Manager John Weithofer said at the Village Council meeting on Thursday, Sept. 18.

• Walnut St. repair ends soon

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 4, 2008

  Local drivers should be able to stop dodging trucks and orange barrels soon, as the roadwork on Walnut and Elm Streets is expected to be completed by the end of this week, according to Village Assistant Planner Ed Amrhein.

• Lightning powers down the village

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 7, 2008

  Around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 5, the entire village’s electric grid went dim, and then at 8:30 a.m. the village went dark. The howling storms the night before had “fried” the closer, or giant circuit breaker, on the DP&L substation on Snypp Road…

• Village negotiates with Ohio EPA over wastewater plant

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 3, 2008

  The Village wastewater treatment plant has been cited by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for noncompliance with the regulations of its federal permit.

• Getting plowed is serious business with the road crew guys

  By Virgil HerveyMarch 13, 2008

  

  While meteorologists have been reporting above average snow fall this winter, the guys in the snowplowing trenches in the village and Miami Township keep seeing a bleary-eyed vision of the theme they’ve dealt with all year: more snow, more salt, more man-hours.

• MTFR learns from recovery

  By Virgil HerveyFebruary 28, 2008

  At their Feb. 20 meeting, Miami Township Fire and Rescue Chief Colin Altman told the Township Trustees that a recent search operation in the Clifton Gorge nature preserve had helped him identify a number of areas for the department to work on.

• Sidewalk law to be enforced

  By Diane Chiddister

  At their Feb. 19 meeting, Yellow Springs Village Council members agreed to start enforcing the Village’s sidewalk ordinance this summer by replacing substandard sidewalks along the east side of Xenia Avenue between Herman Street and downtown.