Land & Environmental Section :: Page 21

• Local hen houses focus of TLT benefit

  By Matt MindeJune 6, 2014

  

  Tour de Coops, a bicycyle and walking tour of local backyard poultry efforts, is planned Sunday, June 8, as a benefit for Tecumseh Land Trust.
  A dozen Yellow Springs-area homes and enterprises will open their hen houses to visitors for the afternoon. Site maps and parking will be available at Antioch University Midwest.

• Flooding follows storm

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 22, 2014

  

  A fierce rainstorm dumped inches of rain on the village Wednesday, causing flooding and road closures.

• Antioch College to present farm vision

  By Megan BachmanMay 8, 2014

  

  Antioch College will lay out its long-term vision for a 36-acre property on the south end of campus known as the “golf course” at a public meeting next week.

• Native plant propagation workshop

  By Suzanne SzempruchMarch 6, 2014

  

  Antioch College in collaboration with Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center is hosting two native plant propagation workshops.

• Glen Helen makes bid for Girl Scout camp

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 19, 2013

  

  It’s been nearly 50 years since Glen Helen has expanded its borders, but the preserve recently entered into an agreement that its leaders hope will result in the acquisition of 28 acres.

• School Forest gives up just three trees this year

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 10, 2013

  

  Yellow Springs High School School Forest group held its annual Christmas tree sale over the weekend. Due to a poor growth year, just three trees were sold, but fun was had by all.

• Solar tour continues this weekend

  By Megan BachmanOctober 4, 2013

  

  The annual Ohio Solar Tour will continue through the weekend, Friday–Sunday, Oct. 4–6 with five sites in and around the village.

• YSI Inc. immerses kids in water

  By Megan BachmanOctober 3, 2013

  

  On a recent field trip, the Mills Lawn Elementary School fifth and sixth graders spent a day at YSI Inc. (a Xylem brand), learning about local and global water issues, and bounced a giant model of earth to symbolize the need for everyone to chip in to save the planet.

• EPA cites Morris Bean for discharge

  By Megan BachmanOctober 2, 2013

  Morris Bean & Company will soon bid out a project to fill in a sinkhole at its Hyde Road plant after the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency cited the company for releasing industrial wastewater into the sinkhole and potentially contaminating groundwater.

• Laugh Strong at Brewery tonight

  By YS News StaffSeptember 9, 2013

  

  “Laugh Strong: Tour de Comedy,” a road show featuring four New-York based stand-up comics who also happen to love biking, will make a stop at Yellow Springs Brewery on Monday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. The tour kicks off in Ohio, covering 500 miles in eight days, biking from city to city.