Village Life Section :: Page 176

• Smoke testing begins in village

  By YS News StaffJuly 9, 2012

  The Village of Yellow Springs will be implementing smoke testing of the sewer collection system beginning in late July. Smoke testing is used to test lines for leaks and will be done on a line-by-line, street-by-street basis. It will occur during the day and will be completed in about a week. Testing will take a […]

• Marching to the beat of a patriotic drum

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 6, 2012

  

  July 4th was a scorcher, but it didn’t keep the townsfolk from celebrating the nation’s heritage.

• Fireworks on the Fourth

  By Megan BachmanJuly 5, 2012

  Click here for more photos from the July 4 fireworks display.

• Village Council— TLT seeks preservation funds

  By Diane Chiddister

  At their June 18 meeting, Village Council members heard an appeal from Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, asking that Village government help preserve Glen Helen.

• Group urges setting precedent in opposing oil, gas drilling

  By Megan Bachman

  Yellow Springs may be the first community in Ohio to ban oil and gas drilling and waste wells within its municipal limits using a rights-based ordinance.

• 2012 Fourth of July festivities

  By Matt MindeJuly 4, 2012

  Yellow Springs will celebrate Independence day with a parade, a patriotic band concert and, of course, fireworks.

• Villagers take pride in their town

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 1, 2012

  

  About 70 villagers came out yesterday to celebrate the opening of Yellow Springs’ first gay pride weekend.

• Open burn ban instituted

  By Lauren ShowsJune 29, 2012

  Due to the current dry conditions in the area, a ban on open burning has been issued throughout Miami Township effective today, June 28, through Sunday, July 1. Open burning of field, yard, forest and other agricultural waste is hereby prohibited. This ban includes brush piles, bonfires, fire pits, chimineas and campfires. In addition, extreme […]

• Show your Pride this weekend

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Yellow Springs Pride will hold its first annual gay pride weekend this Saturday and Sunday.

• 2012 Cost of Living update—The village by the numbers

  By Lauren HeatonJune 28, 2012

  The 2012 Yellow Springs Cost of Living Report was completed this spring by Wright State University’s Center for Urban and Public Affairs (CUPA) and paid for by the James A. McKee Association.