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• Temporary Traffic Initiative survey available

  By YS News StaffNovember 4, 2019

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs has published a survey on its Temporary Traffic Initiative, now in the final week of its planned three-week run

• Greene County public hearings— Tax hike for new jail?

  By Audrey HackettNovember 2, 2019

  

  Should the county raise the sales tax to pay for a new jail? Public hearings on the issue are happening Thursday, Nov. 7, at 1:30 p.m., and Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m., at 35 Greene St., Xenia.

• On ballot: county parks levy

  By Audrey HackettOctober 31, 2019

  

  Financial support of those parks and trails is on the ballot this Nov. 5. With Issue 9, the Greene County parks district seeks a renewal of a five-year, 0.9 mill property tax levy to support its stewardship of local green space — and the recreational and educational opportunities that go along with those preserved pieces of the great outdoors.

• Village Council — Traffic test underway

  By Megan Bachman

  

  With barricades, cones, signs and new parking stripes in place, the Village of Yellow Springs began a three-week traffic change on Monday.

  During the experiment, the Village will test a new traffic pattern around Mills Lawn Elementary School, with South Walnut Street now one way from Short Street to Limestone Street, Short Street one way westbound and no left turns allowed from South Walnut onto Limestone.

• The 2019 Yellow Springs News Voter’s Guide

  By YS News StaffOctober 30, 2019

  

  Read the online edition of the Guide to Yellow Springs.

• Hydrant flushing this week

  By YS News StaffOctober 21, 2019

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs will flush hydrants this week, Oct. 21–25, beginning Monday at 8 a.m.

• Charter change: a closer look

  By Audrey HackettOctober 17, 2019

  

  Should 16- and 17-year-olds be able to vote in Village elections? Should noncitizen residents be enfranchised for Yellow Springs offices and issues? Should the term of Yellow Springs’ mayor be lengthened from two to four years?

  Village voters will decide these issues at the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5. All three matters are proposed as amendments to the Village of Yellow Springs Charter, and will appear as a single “yes/no” vote on the ballot.

• YSPD closes case on fatal shooting

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The Yellow Springs Police Department  officially closed its case last week in the December 2018 fatal shooting of local resident Kenneth Livingston.

• Street change to start Oct. 21

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Starting Monday, Oct. 21, and running through Nov. 9, the Village will test a new traffic pattern in the areas of South Walnut, Short and Limestone streets.

• ‘I’m your meter reader’

  By Audrey HackettOctober 10, 2019

  

  In the year since she was hired by the Village of Yellow Springs, Rose Pelzl has become a friendly, knowledgeable force for accurate and timely readings of villagers’ water meters