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• Township candidates, unopposed, seek sixth full terms

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 7, 2019

  

  The November 2019 Miami Township election features two long-time public servants who are running unopposed for their respective offices. Margaret Silliman is seeking another four-year term as the township’s fiscal officer, and Chris Mucher is looking to return for another four-year stint as township trustee.

• Candidates Night Forum— Affordability, economy top issues

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  There was much overlap and some areas of difference among candidates for Yellow Springs Village Council at last week’s Candidates Night Forum, hosted by the James A. McKee Association in advance of the Nov. 5 election.

  Affordability, housing, economic development and village demographics headed the list of topics discussed at the forum.

• Election Results 2019

  By YS News StaffNovember 5, 2019

  

  Read the preliminary results from election night, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019.

• 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.