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• Village Council —  Expand voting to noncitizens?

  By Megan BachmanJuly 4, 2019

  

  Local 16- and 17-year olds and noncitizen legal residents could vote in local elections as early as next year.

• Village Council — Manager Bates bids farewell

  By Megan BachmanJune 27, 2019

  

  Patti Bates was honored at Council’s June 17 regular meeting before new manager Josue Salmeron was sworn in. Council members each thanked Bates for her service.

• Helping the helpers at MTFR, YSPD

  By Carol SimmonsJune 20, 2019

  

  In the last two weeks of May alone, Miami Township Fire-Rescue crews responded to 40 calls for emergency medical service and 15 reports of fire. When a call comes in, local first responders never know exactly what they might find when they arrive. The result is that the work is physically demanding and emotionally taxing.

• Village to raise pool rates

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The first rate hike in a decade at Gaunt Park Pool will likely take effect later this summer, with most of the increase to be paid by out-of-town visitors and day pass users.

• YSPD urges villagers to lock vehicles

  By Megan BachmanJune 19, 2019

  

  After a spate of break-ins overnight, Yellow Springs police are encouraging villagers to lock their vehicles.

• Natural causes suspected in villager’s death

  By YS News StaffJune 15, 2019

  

  A villager found unresponsive in the bathroom of a downtown business was later pronounced dead.

• Village urges plant, weed maintenance

  By YS News StaffJune 14, 2019

  

  Early this week, the Village of YS released a plea to villagers to rein in plant life that obstructs sidewalks.

• Carlson renewed as YSPD chief

  By Megan BachmanJune 13, 2019

  

  At its regular meeting on Monday, June 3, Village Council renewed the contract of Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson for another year.

• Miami Twp. meeting— Firehouse groundbreaking

  By Carol SimmonsJune 6, 2019

  

  Groundbreaking for the township’s long-awaited new firehouse, to be constructed on the south side of the village, is expected to take place in late August or early September, Miami Township Trustee Chairperson Chris Mucher said earlier this month.

• Village Council— New YSPD imagined at forum

  By Megan Bachman

  

  At a forum on policing on Tuesday, May 21, about 50 villagers helped identify the factors that contributed to a positive experience with a police officer, and envisioned a future Yellow Springs Police Department.