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• Emergency cooling shelter established

  By YS News StaffJuly 2, 2012

  The Village of Yellow Springs has designated the John Bryan Community Center as a 24-hour emergency cooling center.

• A new look and safer sidewalks for downtown

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 21, 2012

  Villagers will encounter changes downtown this summer, as a village sidewalk renovation project on the eastern side of Xenia Avenue that aims to make downtown safer and more attractive moves ahead.

• Township losing estate revenue

  By Lauren Heaton

  As a result of reduced state and local funds, Miami Township will need to decide how much to rein in the general fund, which is expected to lose nearly 12 percent of its budget this year, and then sustain another 12 percent in cuts the following year.

• Curliss new Village manager

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 14, 2012

  

  Village Council members unanimously voted to offer the job of permanent Village manager to Laura Curliss, who has been the interim manager since February.

• Star witness

  By Lauren HeatonJune 13, 2012

  

  Miami Valley star gazer Pat Craig set up a refractor telescope on the Antioch College golf course last Tuesday, June 5, for this century’s only chance to see Venus transit the sun.

• Curliss is new Village manager

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 7, 2012

  

  Yellow Springs Interim Manager Laura Curliss has been named the village’s permanent manager by Village Council.

• Council poised to hire Curliss

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Yellow Springs Village Council is poised to vote on whether to hire Interim Manager Laura Curliss as the Village’s permanent manager following its regular June 4 meeting.

• Karen Wintrow honored— A local and regional thinker

  By Megan BachmanMay 31, 2012

  

  When Karen Wintrow isn’t thinking about Yellow Springs, she’s thinking about the Dayton region. For that work, Wintrow received the group’s annual Regional Stewardship Award last month.

• June 1 deadline for wind, bike project

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 24, 2012

  At Council’s May 7 meeting, Council members continued discussion on both issues, one a project aimed to make the village more attractive to cyclists, and the other adding more renewable energy to the Village energy portfolio.

• Village breaks ground on sidewalk repairs

  By Megan BachmanMay 22, 2012

  

  Long awaited repairs to Village sidewalks began last week with the building of a piece of sidewalk along Xenia Avenue near the bikepath.