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• Village Council reviews the local power portfolio

  By Reilly DixonOctober 24, 2023

  

  Where does the Village of Yellow Springs get its energy? How much of it is renewable? And how many renewable energy credits does the Village get from the kinds of energy it uses and produces?

• Village Council | ‘Forever chemicals’ in municipal water

  By Reilly DixonOctober 16, 2023

  

  Out of 30 samples the Village water department took this April, only one registered above the detection limit at 9.2 parts per trillion — a level significantly below the current health advisory limit, but above the proposed maximum level of contamination.

• Brian Housh removed as Village Council president

  By Reilly DixonOctober 11, 2023

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, Oct. 2, Council members voted to remove Brian Housh from his position as Council president.

• Miami Township Trustees | Zoning hearing set, letter discussed

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 28, 2023

  

  The BZA will consider a temporary-use permit to allow the Chamber of Commerce to sell bottled water and T-shirts at the sunflower field owned by local residents David and Sharen Neuhardt.

• Village Council considers electrical grid improvements

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 25, 2023

  

  “The Village is currently in ‘good shape’ in how it distributes power to its residents and businesses, but if Yellow Springs is to continue growing, the grid will need to be improved.”

• Planning Commission | Lumber Co. Market & Eatery project advances

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 21, 2023

  

  The future business sited for that land, dubbed the Lumber Co. Market & Eatery, owned by Massies Creek Ventures, LLC, aims to have approximately 10 vendors selling prepared foods and goods in a newly renovated facility where a 1940s-era lumber yard once stood.

• Village Council reexamines priorities under new administration

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 9, 2023

  

  At their Tuesday, Sept. 5, regular meeting, Village Council reviewed a list of ongoing projects and discussed which of those projects should be paused temporarily or stopped altogether — as well as which may continue and which can be initiated.

• Multi-modal pathway construction, intersection narrowing work to begin

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 4, 2023

  

  Villagers will soon have an easier and safer time walking down some of Yellow Springs’ most trafficked throughways.

• Township trustees support Polecat Road speed change

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 31, 2023

  

  Village Planning Commission member Scott Osterholm spoke before the trustees on a plan to request that Greene County change the speed limit on Polecat Road to 35 mph outside Village limits near Ellis Park, on a stretch of road located within Miami Township.

• Village Council considers more local housing options

  By Reilly DixonAugust 30, 2023

  

  Several potential housing projects were brought to the table at the most recent Village Council meeting Monday, Aug. 21.