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• Barr project forum scheduled

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 1, 2011

  At their Aug. 15 meeting, members of Village Council agreed to hold a public hearing on the Planned Unit Development, or PUD, request from Home, Inc. to build senior apartments on the Barr property downtown at Council’s Sept. 19 meeting.

• 11 candidates vie for offices

  By Lauren Heaton

  Well past the filing deadline for the Nov. 8 local elections, 11 candidates are officially seeking election for offices in the village.

• Police Chief John Grote announces plans to retire

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Chief of Yellow Springs police plans to retire next year.

• Village shake-up considered

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 25, 2011

  At the Aug. 15 Village Council meeting, several Council members expressed reluctant support for a proposal from Village Manager Mark Cundiff to reorganize the Village staff to add an assistant manager position.

• Village worker raise recommended

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 18, 2011

  t the Aug. 1 regular Village Council meeting, Village Manager Mark Cundiff recommended that Village staff receive a 2 percent annual raise for all regular full and part-time employees, retroactive to July 3.

• Rumpke gets nod as trash collector

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 4, 2011

  Yellow Springs Village Council decided at its July 18 meeting that if “it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” regarding the hiring of a contractor for solid waste pickup.

• Struewing vs. Village goes to trial

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 26, 2011

  

  For two days last week attorneys for Ken Struewing and the Village of Yellow Springs argued their cases over property and utility rights before a Greene County magistrate.

• Tree-trimming efforts begin soon

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 21, 2011

  At their July 5 meeting, members of Village Council heard a report from Electric Crew Head Kelley Fox on upcoming tree-trimming efforts in the village

• Tree trimming begins soon

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 3, 2011

  

  Due to several recent power outages linked to downed limbs, tree-trimming around electrical lines will begin soon in the south end of town, with a focus on softwoods linked to the outages such as white pine and silver maple.

• Village Council— Tree-trimming moves ahead

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 1, 2011

  Spurred by several recent power outages, the Village is moving ahead quickly with more aggressive tree-trimming in the south end of town, according to Superintendent of Water and Electric Kelley Fox this week. “With the recent storms, the trees have wreaked havoc,” Fox said. “The bottom line is that we have to trim the trees […]