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• Council poised to hire Curliss

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 7, 2012

  

  Yellow Springs Village Council is poised to vote on whether to hire Interim Manager Laura Curliss as the Village’s permanent manager following its regular June 4 meeting.

• Karen Wintrow honored— A local and regional thinker

  By Megan BachmanMay 31, 2012

  

  When Karen Wintrow isn’t thinking about Yellow Springs, she’s thinking about the Dayton region. For that work, Wintrow received the group’s annual Regional Stewardship Award last month.

• June 1 deadline for wind, bike project

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 24, 2012

  At Council’s May 7 meeting, Council members continued discussion on both issues, one a project aimed to make the village more attractive to cyclists, and the other adding more renewable energy to the Village energy portfolio.

• 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.

• Public arts forum coming

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 18, 2012

  

  A community forum on local arts and arts policy will be held this Monday, May 21, at 7 p.m. at Bryan Center in Council chambers, during the regular Village Council meeting.

• Task force targets drugs

  By Lauren HeatonMay 17, 2012

  Last year two drug-related arrests in a single incident were made in Yellow Springs by the ACE Task Force, the Greene County agency that fights drug-related crimes at a multijurisdictional level.

• A tale of two waters

  By Diane Chiddister

  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?