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Restaurants such as Bodega, 11 W. High Street, which serves soup in 12 and 16 ounce Styrofoam containers, will soon have to switch to cardboard containers.

Oxford’s Styrofoam ban to finally take effect

By Stella Beerman
January 14, 2022
Kathleen German uses solar panels on her barn roof to help power her Preble County farm.

Community continues to add solar to increase sustainability

By Maggie Cavellier
January 14, 2022
Fields of solar panels may provide clean energy, but some worry that they may end up hurting valuable farmland as an unintended consequence.

Solar field bill receives mixed reactions

By Stella Beerman
January 14, 2022
Green burial sites, such as this one at Heritage Acres Memorial Sanctuary, often are marked with natural materials including plants and brush rather than headstones or other manmade markers.

Green funerals offer eco-friendly burial options

By Grace Killian
January 7, 2022
Sara Grieco picks up trash on East Church Street in Oxford. Thousands of pieces of trash are discarded on the streets of Oxford – paper, plastic and the ubiquitous aluminum can.

Oxford, Miami volunteers pick up litter, hope to inspire new habits

By Stella Beerman
November 12, 2021
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