Land & Environmental Section :: Page 24

• Local residents buy Barr property

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 12, 2012

  

  Last week two local residents purchased the Barr property located on the corner of Xenia Avenue and Limestone Street.

• Villagers to protest garden removal

  By YS News StaffSeptember 4, 2012

  

  After two months of attempted negotiation with Greene Metropolitan Housing Authority, the residents of Lawson Place are scheduled to lose their gardens on Monday, Oct. 1. To protest the removal of these gardens, a group of villagers is planning a rally and march on Sunday, Sept. 9

• Photo contest deadline soon; but be safe!

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 31, 2012

  

  The deadline for the Tecumseh Land Trust Sunflower Photo Competition is Sept. 14. However, those slowing down to look at the sunflowers in the field just north of Yellow Springs should do so with care, as two recent accidents have been linked to sunflower-gawkers.

• TLT hosts two farm tours

  By Megan BachmanAugust 16, 2012

  

  The Tecumseh Land Trust will host a tour of two modern farming operations on Sunday.

• Tour Lawson Place gardens

  By YS News StaffAugust 14, 2012

  

  Friends of the Lawson Place gardens invite the community to attend a garden tour on Thursday, Aug. 16 at 4 p.m.

• Council considers drilling ordinance— Ban would be first in Ohio

  By Megan BachmanAugust 9, 2012

  Yellow Springs, though far from the epicenter of natural gas fracking in Ohio, could nevertheless become the first town in the state to ban all oil and gas drilling and waste wells within its municipal limits through passage of what is described as rights-based legislation.

• Yellow Springs youth lead their cattle to fair glory

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 3, 2012

  

  Yellow Springs and Miami Township youth showed the animals they raised this year at this week’s Greene County Fair.

• Drought affects crops, lawns

  By Megan BachmanAugust 2, 2012

  

  The hot and dry weather this summer has no doubt stressed local homeowners whose lawns have turned brown from lack of rain. But even more stressed are area crops.

• Choice of replacement trees complex

  By Lauren Heaton

  “The right tree for the right location” is a phrase oft repeated by arborists dispensing long-term landscaping advice. It was used several times last week by those focused on deciding how to replace the trees that line the downtown.

• If pears are removed, what should succeed them?

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 25, 2012

  

  Local arborists suggested a few species of trees that might possibly be effective replacements for the Bradford pears downtown.