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• Green space funds proposed

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 28, 2010

  To preserve the Jacoby Greenbelt on the western edge of Yellow Springs, Village Council should have sufficient greenbelt funds to act quickly when landowners are ready to sell, according to Tecumseh Land Trust Executive Director Krista Magaw at Council’s Oct. 14 meeting.

• Village Council—Affordable housing project is a multi-stage process

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 21, 2010

  Village Council’s process for a recently proposed small affordable housing project will involve several stages, according to Council President Judith Hempfling at Council’s Oct. 18 meeting. If Council approves entering into a Memorandum of Agreement, or MOA, with Home, Inc….

• Village Council — Sidewalk policy to change

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 14, 2010

  Recently Village Council took a first step toward changing Village policy on sidewalk maintenance, shifting from charging home-owners for sidewalk repairs to treating sidewalks similarly to streets, as part of the Village budget.

• The keeper of the water’s source

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Like the air we breathe, the water we drink is of vital importance to our health, yet its origins beyond the tap are somewhat mysterious. Down at the southern end of the village nestled among the foliage on Jacoby Road…

• Nonstop fields candidate forum

  By Diane Chiddister

  Since it began several years ago, Nonstop members have aimed to fill voids. First, they filled an intellectual void in the village by offering classes after Antioch College closed down. Even after the college revived, Nonstop provided a series of cultural events.

• Business owner pleads guilty

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 7, 2010

  Local resident and business owner Elizabeth Stardancer pled guilty to a third-degree felony of abuse of an elderly person in Greene County Common Pleas Court on Friday, Oct. 1.

• Proposal considered for affordable village housing

  By Diane Chiddister

  Village Council members began a discussion on a proposal for a modest joint Village/Home, Inc., project for affordable housing.

• Council eyes sidewalk policy

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 30, 2010

  At their Oct. 4 meeting, Village Council members will continue a discussion on long-range Village sidewalk policy, and consider whether current policy, which assesses property owners for sidewalk repair, should be revised. “Something needs to happen,” Council member Karen Wintrow said last week, stating that Council should “provide more clarity and direction for citizens.”

• Council OKs solar project

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 23, 2010

  At their Sept. 20 meeting, Village Council members voted unanimously to participate in the Village’s first solar power energy package. Council approved the final reading of a subscription package with American Municipal Power, or AMP, which has contracted with Standard Energy, Inc., to purchase up to 300 megawatts of solar energy.

• Village applies for road grant

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 16, 2010

  At their Sept. 7 meeting, Village Council members unanimously approved a grant application for state funding for the widening of a portion of Dayton-Yellow Springs Road, a move that is necessary to create an intersection for entering a new access road to the Center for Business and Education, or CBE.