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• 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.

• Vernay is potential solar site

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 9, 2010

  At their Sept. 7 meeting, Village Council members took their first official step toward adding solar power to the Village energy portfolio when they unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance for an AMP solar energy subscription package.

• Visioning results presented

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 2, 2010

  At a special meeting with Village Council and the Miami Township Trustees on Monday, Aug. 30, the two governmental bodies were presented with a written draft for public review of the year-long Yellow Springs/Miami Township visioning process.

• Council, Trustees receive visioning draft

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 1, 2010

  

  At a special joint meeting Aug. 30, Village Council and the Miami Township Trustees received a draft report of the results of the year-long visioning process.

• Village Council eyes changes to skatepark

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 26, 2010

  The first step toward upgrading the Yellow Springs skatepark is to bring together the various stakeholders of the park, including skaters, neighbors and neighboring businesses, according to Village Manager Mark Cundiff at the Aug. 16 Village Council meeting.

• Solar project elicits interest

  By Diane Chiddister

  At the Aug. 16 Village Council meeting Village leaders expressed enthusiasm for a new American Municipal Power, or AMP, solar energy subscription package, and asked Village Manager Mark Cundiff to prepare an ordinance to enable the Village to sign on to the project.