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• Building Community | Meet your mayor

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 22, 2023

  

  That Mayor Pam Conine sees the village as one giant classroom should come as little surprise, considering that she was an educator for over four decades.

• Village Council to increase zoning and permit fees

  By Jessica ThomasFebruary 21, 2023

  

  Amidst a flurry of first-readings, Village Council members heard a first reading for legislation that would raise planning and zoning fees at their most recent meeting on Monday, Feb. 6.

• Miami Township Board of Trustees | Monday, Feb. 6 Meeting

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 17, 2023

  

  Chief Colin Altman reported that Miami Township Fire-Rescue has responded to 35 EMS calls and eight fire calls since the last regular meeting of the trustees.

• Village Council plans utility increases

  By Jessica ThomasFebruary 13, 2023

  

  The ordinances include new proposals for rates, which would increase steadily over the course of five years — 3% per year for electricity, 5% per year for sewer and 8% per year for water.

• Miami Township trustees | Kingwood opposition continues

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 1, 2023

  

  The Miami Township Board of Trustees continued to discuss the recent decision by the Ohio Power Siting Board, or OPSB, against Texas-based Vesper Energy’s proposed 175-megawatt, utility-scale Kingwood solar project at the trustees’ most recent meeting Wednesday, Jan. 18.

• Greene County to build new jail

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 30, 2023

  

  After two failed attempts to levy funds for a new jail through sales tax, and nearly a year of decisions about finance, design and size, the Greene County Commissioners and sheriff’s office will break ground on a $61 million, 250-bed jail this spring.

• YS Police Department receives body-worn camera grant

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 27, 2023

  

  Yellow Springs police officers will have a new feature in the coming months — body-worn cameras.

• Trustees settle first-of-year business

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 17, 2023

  

  At their first meeting of the new year, the Miami Township trustees handled their first-of-year business, mapping the three-person board’s foundation for 2023.

• Village seeks revenue through rate, utility hikes

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 9, 2023

  

  During the first regular Village Council meeting of the year, held in person on Tuesday, Jan. 3, Council members reviewed several prospects for bringing additional monies into the Village’s general fund, thereby softening the blow of the year’s projected $2.9 million budget deficit.

• 2022 In Review | The Arts

  By Cheryl DurgansJanuary 5, 2023

  

  Impromptu music performances, live theater, new murals, book publications, films and so, so much more — Yellow Springs was a fountain of art in 2022.