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• Neighbors sound off on proposed 84-acre annexation

  By Lauren ShowsJune 12, 2025

  

  At public meetings on Monday, June 2, a group of residents who live on and near the section of East Enon Road south of the high school came before the public bodies to express their concerns about potential annexation of nearby land into the Village of Yellow Springs.

• Miami Township Trustees talk finances, upcoming levy, solar

  By Lauren ShowsJune 10, 2025

  

  At their regular meeting Monday, June 2, the Miami Township Trustees discussed Township finances, a renewal levy that will go before voters in November and a recent public meeting about utility-scale solar.

• AT&T contractors conducting structure inspection in village

  By Matt MindeJune 5, 2025

  

  AT&T contractors will be conducting a simple inspection throughout the village for the next few days.

• Rescinding previous offer, Township Trustees now commit $50k to land trust

  By Lauren ShowsMay 31, 2025

  

  The Miami Township Trustees again turned discussion at their recent regular meeting Monday, May 19, to setting aside funding to help local nonprofit Tecumseh Land Trust fund conservation easements on farmland just outside the village on Dayton-Yellow Springs Road.

• Village aims to annex 84 acres into Yellow Springs limits

  By Reilly DixonMay 19, 2025

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, May 5, the group authorized a resolution that could soon grow Yellow Springs’ physical size by 84 acres — the latest effort of several in recent months to expand municipal limits.

• Miami Township Trustees commit $127k to Tecumseh Land Trust

  By Lauren ShowsMay 16, 2025

  

  Ultimately — with a 2–1 vote — the three-member board approved a resolution to set aside $127,419 from its general fund to be used “for the exclusive purpose to fund [the trustees’] commitment to partner with the Tecumseh Land Trust to acquire conservation easements on all or part of the township parcels referred to as the [Welch] Farm.’”

• Miami Township Trustees dispute Tecumseh Land Trust funding

  By Lauren ShowsMay 5, 2025

  

  During an often fraught two-hour special meeting Tuesday, April 29 — which was attended by about two dozen local residents — the Miami Township Trustees discussed at length both the possibility and the fiscal feasibility of funding conservation easements for local farmland preservation nonprofit Tecumseh Land Trust.

• Public infrastructure on ballot in May 6 election

  By Reilly DixonMay 3, 2025

  

  If passed, Issue 2 would amend the Ohio Constitution to allow the state to issue bonds or other obligations to finance or assist in public infrastructure projects at the local level — including here in Yellow Springs.

• Village Council authorizes charging some for police video records requests

  By Reilly DixonMay 2, 2025

  

  At the previous Village Council meeting, the group had considered exempting Yellow Springs residents from having to pay for public records requests of police footage; at the most recent meeting, Monday, April 21, Council members decided against that exemption by majority vote.

• Village considers annexing 28-acre farm for potential development

  By Reilly DixonApril 29, 2025

  

  At the Monday, April 21 regular Village Council meeting, the group approved a resolution to authorize Village Manager Johnnie Burns to execute an agreement with Miami Township to begin the work of one day annexing a 28-acre parcel of farmland into Village limits.