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• Human error caused pool herbicide scare

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 14, 2013

  

  Misinformation, a lack of communication and poor judgement all contributed to the gross overuse of a herbicide at the Gaunt Park pool in June, according to an investigation report presented to Village Council at Monday night’s meeting.

• School levy wins

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Yellow Springs and Miami Township voters overwhelmingly supported their public school system on Nov. 5, agreeing to pass the district’s second levy in as many years.

• BCI ends Schenck investigation

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine came to the Bryan Center to present the findings of his office’s investigation of the shooting incident on July 31 that ended in the death of local resident Paul E. Schenck.

• Merhemic, Scott, Conn on school board

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Incumbent school board member Aïda Merhemic took the day at the polls winning the top number of votes to return her to the board along with two new members, Evan Scott and Steven Conn. Merhemic won 1,027 votes, or 23.7 percent of the total, while Scott had 954 votes and Conn had 940, about 22 percent each.

• Crockett, Eastman Township Trustees

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Incumbent Mark Crockett and challenger John Eastman were elected as Miami Township Trustees on Tuesday. Both will serve four-year terms, joining Trustee Chris Mucher on the three-person board. Crockett was returned to the seat he has held for the last 12 years. He was the race’s only incumbent as longtime Trustee Lamar Spracklen, whose term […]

• Recent Antioch student dies

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The Antioch College campus was a scene of grieving on Sunday evening as students mourned the passing of former Antioch student Meredith Martin, 21, who died on Friday in Vandalia.

• Exit polls show local concerns

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Who wins the Village Council, school board and trustee races in the 2013 general election will suggest how the political winds are blowing in Yellow Springs and Miami Township. Harder to parse out will be why any particular candidate won.

• Antioch College— Accreditation team visits

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Antioch College could clear a major hurdle on the long road to gaining accreditation if a three-day site visit this week by the regional accreditation agency is successful.

• Council slows CBE funding decision making

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  At their Nov. 4 meeting, Village Council members agreed to slow down a decision on whether to provide about $700,000 in funding for the Center for Business and Education, or CBE.

• Center for Business and Education funding: how much risk?

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  If you build it, will they come? That question lies at the heart of the current debate over whether Village government should contribute about $700,000 to complete development of the CBE.