Land & Environmental Section :: Page 22

• Energy efficiency within reach

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 13, 2012

  

  When Pat Murphy came to Yellow Springs in 2003, he said he could build a house that operated with 50 percent less fossil fuels than a conventional home, but his partner, Faith Morgan, didn’t believe him. Now, 10 years later, the couple is wrapping up a new film about homes built in Yellow Springs and around the country that use 90 percent less energy to heat and cool than conventional dwellings.

• Let furniture rise from the ashes

  By Megan BachmanDecember 6, 2012

  The coming decimation of the village’s ash tree population by an invasive Asian beetle — a kind of “Arborgeddon” for a tree that represents about one out of every 10 in our canopy — is a dismal story. Many beloved trees — on Mills Lawn, at the Antioch College campus, in the Glen — have already died. Others are showing signs of stress.

• Doomed ashes find second life as furniture

  By Megan BachmanNovember 29, 2012

  

  The coming decimation of the village’s ash tree population by an invasive Asian beetle is a dismal story, but the ashes could have a second life as furniture, cabinets, flooring and artwork.

• Village buys Railroad Street lot

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 1, 2012

  Thirty-five people gathered around the gravel lot to witness the the auction of the property at the corner of Railroad and Dayton streets. After a short bidding process, the Village of Yellow Springs had purchased the property for $170,000.

• Village buys downtown property at auction

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 19, 2012

  

  Village buys vacant lot at Railroad and Dayton Streets.

• Village purchases Village Station at auction

  By YS News StaffOctober 18, 2012

  The Village purchased the parcel of property adjacent to the bike path.

• Village to consider bidding on ‘Village Station’

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 12, 2012

  

  Village Council will vote next week on whether to authorize a bid on the “Village Station” property at the corner of Railroad and Dayton Streets.

• Kennedy’s near century of life, trees

  By Jeff SimonsOctober 11, 2012

  

  Lloyd Kennedy isn’t one to revel in the spotlight. Especially at an event like last Friday’s ceremony that rededicated Ellis Park as the Ellis Park and Lloyd Kennedy Arboretum.

• Village to rename Ellis Park in honor of tree man Lloyd Kennedy

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 27, 2012

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs and the Yellow Springs Tree Committee will honor Lloyd Kennedy with a renaming of Ellis Park tomorrow.

• Lawson gardeners picket Greene Met

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 25, 2012

  With a little over a week to go before gardens at the Lawson Place public housing unit are permanently removed, residents and local allies picketed in front of Greene Metropolitan Housing Authority’s Xenia office on Friday.