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• Dave Chappelle seeks four more Wirrig shows

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 22, 2021

  

  A request concerning locally based comedian Dave Chappelle was among several zoning-related matters discussed during the most recent meeting of the Miami Township Trustees on Wednesday, Sept. 8.

• Process, ethics clarified in joint Council and Planning Commission meeting

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  In recent months, a number of conditional use applications for construction projects around the village have either been approved by the Village’s Planning Commission, or are in the pipeline for approval

• 2021 Local Election: Osterholm and Brown vie for Council

  By Cheryl DurgansSeptember 20, 2021

  

  Seven villagers are looking for votes to fill three contested Council seats in the upcoming November election. Here the News spotlights the other two nonincumbents: Scott Osterholm, who ran for Council in 1993, and first-time candidate Carmen Brown, known locally as Carmen Lee.

• 2021 Local Election: Burke and Walker vie for Council

  By Jessica Thomas

  

  Seven villagers are looking for votes to fill three contested Council seats in the upcoming November election. This week, the News will spotlight two first-time candidates, Linsday Burke and Issa Walker, who answered questions from the News in emailed responses.

• Village Council finalizes building department, eyes municipal broadband

  By Jessica ThomasSeptember 16, 2021

  

  At its regular meeting, held online via Zoom on Tuesday, Sept. 7, Village Council approved the final measure needed to create a building department for Yellow Springs.

• Yellow Springs Planning Commission approves Chappelle comedy club

  By Cheryl DurgansSeptember 15, 2021

  

  Construction will soon be underway for local comedian Dave Chappelle’s planned comedy club and restaurant at 225 Corry St.

• Village Council seeks $4 million grant for broadband infrastructure

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 4, 2021

  

  At its Monday, Aug. 16, regular meeting, Council voted unanimously to apply for a $4 million federal grant to build broadband infrastructure in the Village.

• Continued coverage— Yellow Springs police chief resigns

  By Megan BachmanAugust 31, 2021

  

  On Wednesday, Aug. 18, the Village of Yellow Springs announced in a press release that Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned.

• Council takes steps to create building department

  By Jessica ThomasAugust 30, 2021

  

  At its regular meeting held virtually on Aug. 16, Village Council took additional steps to create a local building department. First, Council approved an ordinance that would create a fee schedule for building permits; second, they approved a resolution that enters into a contract with National Inspection Corporation, or NIC.

• COVID-19 update: Variant spurs new restrictions

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Last week, Village Council moved its meetings back online and revived its downtown mask mandate. The Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce canceled the Oct. 9 Street Fair. Community events are once again paused or going remote. Vaccine mandates have been announced.