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• Village Council— Deficit budget moves ahead

  By Megan BachmanDecember 27, 2020

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs plans to spend about a million dollars more than it takes in next year. As a result, general fund reserves are set to drop to their lowest level in recent years.

• Solar ‘canopy’ eyed for parking lot

  By Megan BachmanDecember 21, 2020

  

  Initial plans call for a solar canopy at the John Bryan Community Center. The covered pavilion would feature a solar roof with at least a 200-kilowatt capacity, with vehicle parking and event space underneath.

• Outside investigation complete— Officer violated no policies

  By Megan BachmanDecember 20, 2020

  

  At issue was whether YSPD Officer Dave Meister violated Village policy and state law by allegedly telling a citizen that a fellow officer, Paige Burge, referred to some attendees of the weekly Black Lives Matter rallies as an “angry mob.”

• Utility-scale solar project moves ahead

  By Megan BachmanDecember 16, 2020

  

  A utility-scale solar project southeast of Yellow Springs is moving forward, and so is a grassroots effort to stop it.

• Pandemic election concludes

  By YS News StaffDecember 6, 2020

  

  Absentee was the most popular way to vote in this election, as 34,700 ballots were cast absentee, more than one third of the total, 89,627. Another 33,676 voted in person on election day, 19,951 voted early in person and 1,791 voted with a provisional ballot.

• Village to buy land for bike path

  By Megan BachmanDecember 4, 2020

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs is moving forward with plans to purchase three acres of land at Yellow Springs High School for a bike trail to Agraria, Community Solutions’ farm west of the village.

• Planning Commission— New ‘do not plant’ list being considered

  By Audrey HackettNovember 28, 2020

  

  Proposed changes to the Village’s weeds ordinance are taking aim at dozens of “noxious weeds” and invasive plant species currently wreaking havoc in Ohio.

• Village Council— Budget to ‘burn through’ reserves

  By Megan BachmanNovember 19, 2020

  

  There’s money to spend, but not for long. That was the message from Village of Yellow Springs officials, who plan to dip into reserves to cover $1 million in deficit spending next year.

• Election ran smoothly in Yellow Springs

  By Audrey HackettNovember 18, 2020

  

  Emotions ran high, and a pandemic raged on, but a historic election unfolded without incident in Yellow Springs on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

• Planning Commission— Costly repairs ahead for YS?

  By Audrey HackettNovember 16, 2020

  

  Burns described a series of specific stormwater issues related to aging infrastructure — which in some parts of town date back to the late 1800s, he said — certain kinds of lot designs, more intense storms than previously and other factors.