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• Village Council— Landlords held responsible for utilities

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 16, 2015

  

  Village Council members unanimously supported a proposed change in Village policy that makes property owners responsible for their tenants’ utility debts.

• Fiber Forum: Municipal Broadband Network

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Fiber Forum: Municipal Broadband Network

• Council and Trustees meet— Strategic planning considered

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  At a special joint meeting between Village Council and the Miami Township Trustees on March 30, leaders discussed how best to step up strategic planning for the Village and Township, in order to coordinate initiatives to reflect local values and goals.

• Ohio approves school testing waiver

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Yellow Springs public school students are one big step closer to taking significantly fewer standardized tests next school year, as the state of Ohio approved the district’s assessment waiver application last week.

• High-speed internet discussed as Village utility

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Internet access has become a utility, say community members who are urging Village leaders to construct a fiber optic network that would provide high-speed Internet access for the entire town.

• Protecting kids from Internet danger

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Professor and researcher Dr. Jennie Noll will address issues of Internet safety for children at a free talk 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, at the Antioch College Wellness Center South Gym.

• ‘Godspell’ sings of community

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 9, 2015

  

  “Godspell,” with its focus on Jesus’ message of love and forgiveness, will come to Yellow Springs this weekend and next, April 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. and April 5 and 12 at 3 p.m. at the Mills Lawn gym.

• John ‘Jack’ Waite

  By YS News Staff

  

  On March 27, John H. Waite, M.D., surrounded by his family, peacefully passed away in Baton Rouge, La.

• Village artists all in one place

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  People often call the Yellow Springs Arts Council looking for artists who do specific kinds of work: an instructor who teaches African dance, for instance, or a sculptor who does commissioned work, or a property owner who will lease studio space to a musician.

• Mixed Mamas explore identity

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  People of mixed racial heritage face different challenges than most when figuring out their identify, but all of us are negotiating our identity all of the time.