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• April 5, 2012 Bulldog Sports Round-up

  By Megan BachmanApril 5, 2012

  

  April 5, 2012 Bulldog Sports Round-up

• Toxic sites are under control

  By Lauren Heaton

  Over the past two decades, Vernay, along with Morris Bean & Company, YSI, Inc. and the Village Water Reclamation plant, have all been point sources of pollution to local ground and surface water. But through their efforts and work with the U.S. and Ohio Environmental Protection Agencies, all four point sources of area water pollution have made strides to control and mitigate the damage they caused to the local watershed.

• Council takes on distracted driving

  By Diane Chiddister

  At their March 19 meeting, Village Council members had an initial dialogue on a proposed local law to ban texting while driving. The item was discussion only, although Council plans to vote on an ordinance at its April 2 meeting.

• McKinney focuses on wellness

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Bullying is a problem everywhere in schools today, according to longtime ­McKinney Middle School teacher Sarah Lowe, and Yellow Springs is no exception.

• Schools initiate new tax levy

  By Lauren Heaton

  Yellow Springs school board members faced a room of empty chairs last week as they discussed a school tax hike at their “committee of the whole” meeting on Thursday, March 22.

• Richard Northway

  By YS News StaffMarch 29, 2012

  Richard Northway

• March 29, 2012 Bulldog Sports Round-up

  By Megan Bachman

  March 29, 2012 Bulldog Sports Round-up

• AU names new chancellor

  By Diane Chiddister

  This week Antioch University announced that Felice Nudelman, executive director of education for the New York Times Company, will be the university’s new chancellor beginning July 1. Nudelman will take the place of current Chancellor Toni Murdock, who is retiring at the end of seven years in that position.

• Closing one door—Bittersweet goodbyes for the chief

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  After 25 years on the local force, Yellow Springs Police Chief John Grote’s last day on the job will be Friday, March 30. While his decision was mainly sparked by health concerns — he’s diabetic and has had two heart attacks in recent years — he also feels he has run his course as the Yellow Springs chief.

• C of C efforts pay off— Village a mecca for many

  By Megan Bachman

  

  A mecca for arts lovers. A thoroughfare for avid bicyclists and hikers. A place to soak up street life and people watch. And now, a town in which slightly buzzed tourists can wander from bars to restaurants to shops.