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• Lightning powers down the village

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 7, 2008

  Around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 5, the entire village’s electric grid went dim, and then at 8:30 a.m. the village went dark. The howling storms the night before had “fried” the closer, or giant circuit breaker, on the DP&L substation on Snypp Road…

• Council approves Village manager search survey

  By Lauren Heaton

  In the quest to find a new Village manager, Village Council at its meeting Monday, Aug. 4, approved a survey to gauge what Council members, Village staff and village residents care most about in a Village manager.

• Barr conditions approved

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 31, 2008

  At their July 21 meeting, Village Council members unanimously passed a resolution identifying conditions to be met for the Friends Care Community’s planned development for senior apartments.

• Electronic voting questioned

  By Virgil Hervey

  In the wake of the Election-Related Equipment, Standards & Testing (EVEREST) study of Ohio’s electronic voting systems commissioned by Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, the local group Greene County Citizens for Safe and Secure Elections…

• Council moves toward hiring manager search consultant

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 10, 2008

  At its July 7 meeting Yellow Springs Village Council officially hired its interim Village manager and also took a first step toward hiring a consultant to help search for a new Village manager.

• Village negotiates with Ohio EPA over wastewater plant

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 3, 2008

  The Village wastewater treatment plant has been cited by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for noncompliance with the regulations of its federal permit.

• Interim manager observes potential in Yellow Springs

  By Lauren HeatonJune 26, 2008

  

  As interim Village manager, John Weithofer has observed a few things since he first came to the village three weeks ago. Yellow Springs is an ambitious village of 3,700 that provides services and tackles projects generally found in cities of 15,000 or more, he said.

• Council acts on manager’s post

  By Lauren HeatonJune 5, 2008

  Village Council members agreed at the end of their meeting Monday, June 2, to appoint John Weithofer as manager consultant with the intent of hiring him as interim Village manager before Village Manager Eric Swansen resigns his position.

• Bakari indicted on drug charges, sought by police

  By Lauren HeatonMay 8, 2008

  

  Yellow Springs police, the Greene County Prosecutor and the Greene County Agencies for Combined Enforcement (A.C.E.) announced at a press conference on Friday, May 2, that a Greene County grand jury has indicted former Yellow Springs resident Umoja Iddi Bakari with 22 counts related to his running a drug ring between Columbus and Yellow Springs.

• Village ends ’07 fiscal year with $1.5 million surplus

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 10, 2008

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs ended its 2007 fiscal year with a general fund surplus of about $1.5 million, its largest surplus in recent years, according to Village Manager Eric Swansen at Council’s March 31 meeting.