If passed, Issue 2 would amend the Ohio Constitution to allow the state to issue bonds or other obligations to finance or assist in public infrastructure projects at the local level — including here in Yellow Springs.

At the previous Village Council meeting, the group had considered exempting Yellow Springs residents from having to pay for public records requests of police footage; at the most recent meeting, Monday, April 21, Council members decided against that exemption by majority vote.

At the Monday, April 21 regular Village Council meeting, the group approved a resolution to authorize Village Manager Johnnie Burns to execute an agreement with Miami Township to begin the work of one day annexing a 28-acre parcel of farmland into Village limits.

Renewing efforts to build a municipal broadband network. Reviewing the Village’s sidewalk policy. Updating the Active Transportation Plan. Retaining existing and bringing in new businesses. These were among the many goals Village Council members set for the near future at a special meeting, Friday, April 11.

For excellence in journalism, design and advertising, the News was named “Newspaper of the Year” in its division at the Osman C. Hooper Non-Daily Newspaper Competition, presented by the Ohio News Media Association.

The proposed resolution stipulates that the Village may charge individuals or organizations $75 per hour of law enforcement video footage produced from body-worn cameras or police cruisers. The total charge per recording cannot exceed $750.

At a special meeting, Monday, March 31, Village Council approved two resolutions to provide advocacy services to victims of misdemeanor crimes of violence committed not just in Yellow Springs, but also in Jamestown and Cedarville.

On Friday, April 11, the “Olde Wrestling Extravaganza” will debut for Yellow Springs a motley lineup of period-specific wrestlers — mustachioed pugilists, crooked politicians, masked luchadores, strongmen, moonshiners, sad clowns and others.

How are our small-town shops, stores and services weathering this economic moment? To what extent have rising costs fallen on the consumer — villager and visitor alike? And what, ultimately, can be done to mitigate the worst effects?

At Village Council’s most recent meeting, Monday, March 17, the group unanimously approved a resolution to authorize Village Manager Johnnie Burns to enter a contract with Springboro-based law firm Smith, Meier & Webb, LPA to provide prosecution services for the Village.