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• Barr house to disappear in a controlled burn

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 11, 2013

  The historic house on the Barr property downtown will be burned in a training exercise this month, according to Miami Township Fire Chief Colin Altman at Village Council’s April 1 meeting.

• Tour Springfield and YS water plants

  By Megan BachmanApril 4, 2013

  

  Villagers are invited to tour the Springfield and Yellow Springs water treatment plants on Friday, April 5, ahead of a Council decision on water sourcing.

• The pros and cons of local dispatch

  By Diane Chiddister

  One evening when Teresa Newsome was on duty as dispatcher at the Yellow Springs Police Department, she received a call from a worried villager. The woman’s elderly husband, who had some dementia, had taken a walk and, after several hours, not returned. Newsome knew both the woman and her husband, and she dispatched a police officer to look for the man.

• Village Council— West Nile spraying nixed

  By Diane Chiddister

  Yellow Springs will not be sprayed with insecticide this summer in response to the presence of West Nile Virus-infected mosquitos, unless the health department determines the village is in a state of emergency. Rather, mosquito control will involve working with villagers to eliminate mosquito breeding sites and the use of larvicide to kill the insect larvae.

• Village Council— Dispatch on chopping block

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 28, 2013

  How important is it to villagers to have local police dispatchers? Village Council members want to hear from the community.

  “We need to hear from citizens how valued our current system is. Is money more important?” said Council member Rick Walkey at Council’s March 18 ­meeting.

• Planning Commission on zoning update— Gauging flexibility for work at home

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 14, 2013

  Tiny houses, home businesses and zoning for the now-closed Norah’s dominated the discussion of Planning Commission on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at a special meeting to continue to review the Village zoning code revision. The planners will hold a public hearing on the revision on Thursday, March 21. After that, the code revision will go to Council for further review and final approval.

• Police views on gun control vary— Many officers for background checks

  By Lauren Heaton

  On Jan. 28 five young men between the ages of 19 and 23 entered a home on Victoria Avenue in Fairborn to purchase marijuana. During the transaction, one of the visitors threatened the residents with a weapon and attempted to rob them. Instead, the resident pulled out his own gun and shot two of the visitors, injuring one and killing the other, Ta’Vaun Fambrough, a 19-year-old Central State University freshman.

• New Village emergency contact system

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 8, 2013

  

  The Village will soon move to a new emergency contact system, Hyper-Reach.

• Energy group helps Village to conserve

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 7, 2013

  According to the 2012 annual report from the Yellow Springs Energy Board at Village Council’s Feb. 19 meeting, the Village will, in the next few years, receive the large majority of its electrical power from renewable sources.

• Women’s Voices — Some art in hall, some not

  By Diane Chiddister

  What is the right balance between promoting free expression and protecting Village government from lawsuits if that expression offends? At their Feb. 19 meeting, Village Council members wrestled with that thorny issue as they determined the best way to display art during the upcoming Women’s Voices Out Loud exhibit.