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• MTFR to offer open house on Friday

  By YS News StaffApril 27, 2017

  

  The public is invited to an open house at the Miami Township fire station, which will take place on Friday, April 28, from 6 to 8 p.m.

• Village Council— New policing guidelines discussed

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Local policing was in the spotlight at Village Council’s April 17 meeting. Council members discussed proposed new guidelines for Village policing, as well as next steps in the Village’s search for a permanent police chief. In addition, a new full-time police officer, Mariah England, was sworn into the local department.

• Communities rethink how to police

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Three examples of communities rethinking policing may provide an opportunity for villagers to consider and discuss different options for how “people and police” can engage with each other.

• David Carlson’s charges from New Years incident reduced

  By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

  

  Last Friday, April 14, David Carlson’s charges stemming from the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop incident in Yellow Springs were reduced to misdemeanors, from the original fifth-degree felony.

• Village Council ponders regulation of Yellow Springs Airbnbs

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 20, 2017

  

  At Village Council’s April 3 meeting, Council members considered the appropriate level of local government regulation  regarding the issue of local short-term rentals.

• Watch out for scam calls in Yellow Springs

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 19, 2017

  

  Yellow Springs residents are being targeted by scam calls from people claiming to raise money for local police-oriented causes. However, the calls are bogus.

• David Carlson receives reduced sentence for New Year’s Eve charges

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanApril 14, 2017

  

  David Carlson received reduced sentencing April 15 for charges stemming from his involvement in the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop incident in Yellow Springs.

• Merrick brothers indicted— Death sentence a possibility

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 13, 2017

  

  A Greene County Grand Jury has returned indictments of aggravated murder, murder, aggravated burglary, felonious assault and tampering with evidence against the two brothers charged with the killings of two local residents on Jan. 15.

• Village Council— Mixed outlook for broadband

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 6, 2017

  

  Statistics on village internet use were presented at Village Council’s March 20 meeting by Andrew Cohill, CEO of Design Nine, the firm hired by the Village to evaluate the feasibility of creating a municipal broadband network in Yellow Springs.

• 2.4-mill levy for a new fire station

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  A new fire station may finally be in the works for Miami Township.