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• Police investigate recent burglary

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 2, 2013

  

  Yellow Springs police have been investigating a burglary that took place sometime during the afternoon on Monday at a Marshall Street residence, according to Police Chief Anthony Pettiford today,

• Police investigate burglaries

  By Lauren Heaton

  Last Friday morning, April 19, the Yellow Springs Police Department issued a Hyper Reach alert to all village residents, informing villagers of a rash of burglaries that have occurred in the village with increasing frequency over the past four months.

• Zoning code topic of special Council meeting

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 26, 2013

  

  Village Council will gather at a special meeting this Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at Council chambers to consider the recently updated zoning code, which has been in front of Planning Commission for the past several months.

• Village Council— ‘Local dispatch worth cost’

  By Lauren HeatonApril 25, 2013

  Forty-five villagers gathered in Village Council chambers Monday night, many there to talk about their strong desire to maintain a local dispatch service at the Yellow Springs Police Department. A dozen people spoke, including long-time police officer Al Pierce, who talked about the value of the personal and called the village’s two full-time and five part-time dispatchers the “magnificent seven,” who hold the department together.

• Yellow Springs police announce rash of burglaries

  By Lauren HeatonApril 19, 2013

  

  The Yellow Springs Police Department urged villagers to lock their windows and doors after a series of local burglaries that have taken place within the past week and a half.

• Village Council— How fast to move on water sourcing?

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 18, 2013

  An ongoing discussion on the sourcing of Yellow Springs water continued at Village Council’s April 1 meeting, with Council President Judith Hempfling suggesting that more time is needed to decide how best to source local water.

• 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.