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• Village Council— New law bans texting while driving

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 19, 2012

  At their April 2 meeting, Village Council members unanimously passed a new ordinance that would make it illegal to text while driving in Yellow Springs.

• Council eyes economic plan

  By Diane Chiddister

  Village Council members at their April 2 meeting heard a review of the recent Economic Sustainability Plan by several members of the Village Economic Sustainability Commission.

• Judge favors Struewings in case against Village

  By Lauren HeatonApril 16, 2012

  

  The lawsuit between the Village and local residents Ken and Betheen Struewing reached a milestone last week when a Greene County Common Pleas Judge decided in favor of the Struewings.

• Temporary chief doesn’t take to retirement

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 12, 2012

  

  Yellow Springs Interim Police Chief Arthur Scott tried retirement, but it didn’t take. So instead he decided to go to Afghanistan. When he returned to the United States, he was ready to dive into the work world again.

• Council hears art policy concerns

  By Diane Chiddister

  At the April 2 Village Council meeting, Council members heard from artists in the community regarding Council’s plan to develop a new policy on art in Village-owned public spaces.

• Council takes on distracted driving

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 5, 2012

  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.

• Woman rescued in John Bryan State Park

  By YS News StaffApril 4, 2012

  

  A 25-year old Xenia woman was rescued from the side of a creek in John Bryan State Park after a small fall.

• Students think Police Chief Grote is “awesome like a possum”

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 30, 2012

  

  Mills Lawn students bid Police Chief John Grote farewell yesterday on the occasion of his retirement from the force this month.

• Longtime Village employees to be honored

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 27, 2012

  

  Yellow Springs Police Chief John Grote and two other longtime Village employees will be honored at a reception this Thursday, March 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bryan Community Center, Rooms A and B.

• Village to begin sidewalk repair

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 22, 2012

  Village Council took a first step toward implementing its village-wide sidewalk repair project at its March 5 meeting.