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• Miami Township Trustees Update — January 2021

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 9, 2021

  

  The Miami Township Trustees meet the first and third Monday of each month beginning at 5 p.m. Meetings in January took place Monday, Jan. 4, and Wednesday, Jan. 20.

• Yellow Springs Development Corporation— ‘Lessons learned’ in firehouse sale

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 8, 2021

  

  “Lessons learned” is how YSDC President Abel framed the conversation, particularly in terms of the group’s biggest project, the sale of the former firehouse on Corry Street.

• Village Council— More inclusive, equitable Yellow Springs

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 7, 2021

  

  At Village Council’s regular meeting on Monday, Jan. 19, members of Inclusive and Resilient Yellow Springs told the community how they plan to help Yellow Springs live its values of diversity and inclusion.

• One reporter’s view— Security dominates 2021 inauguration

  By YS News StaffFebruary 1, 2021

  

  As more than 20,000 National Guardsmen flocked into the nation’s capital in preparation for Inauguration Day, the city was locked down in an unprecedented way, the troops part of the largest security presence at any inauguration in American history.

• Efforts seek bail reform

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 17, 2021

  

  As of Tuesday afternoon last week, 225 people awaiting trial were being held at one of two Greene County jail facilities — the downtown jail and the Adult Detention Center. Many of those individuals remained behind bars over the holidays, lacking the bail money that allows release until a scheduled court date.

• Yellow Springs Village Council approves 2021 budget

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 15, 2021

  

  At Village Council’s final meeting of 2020, Council unanimously passed a budget for the new year calling for spending increases amid falling revenues. The deficit budget, the Village’s first in four years, includes $4.23 million in expenses while projecting revenue of $3.27 million.

• Rumpke now accepting some #5 plastics

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 13, 2021

  

  Beginning this month, villagers can divert a few more items away from their trash cans: Along with the previously accepted plastic items like bottles and jugs, Yellow Springs residents can now fill their recycling bins with fruit and yogurt cups and butter, sour cream, cottage cheese and whipped topping tubs.

• 2020 Year in Review: Miami Township

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 12, 2021

  

  In March, a five-year levy was renewed for Miami Township Fire-Rescue; the department took occupancy of a new firehouse in September.

• 2020 Year in Review: Yellow Springs Development Corporation

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 7, 2021

  

  The Yellow Springs Development Corporation, or YSDC, is a quasi-governmental, nonprofit corporation that has been designated by the Village of Yellow Springs and Miami Township as their official Community Improvement Corporation, or CIC.

• 2020 Year in Review: Village Council

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 6, 2021

  

  2020 Year in Review: Village Council