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• 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.

• Greene County jail tax is back on ballot

  By Jessica ThomasAugust 25, 2021

  

  After voters rejected a proposed sales tax increase to build a new jail in 2020, Greene County Commissioners are asking them to approve a sales tax for a slightly smaller jail this fall.

• Candidates file for fall races

  By Megan BachmanAugust 20, 2021

  

  More candidates may be vying for public office this fall than in recent years. Last week, 20 people seeking local office filed petitions with the Greene County Board of Elections ahead of the Aug. 4 deadline.

• Continued coverage— Plea deal in stabbing death

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 19, 2021

  

  A Yellow Springs native accused in the stabbing death of Leonid “Lonya” Clark has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter as part of a plea deal with the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office.

• Yellow Springs police chief resigns

  By YS News StaffAugust 18, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned, effective immediately.

• Yellow Springs mask mandate revived

  By Megan BachmanAugust 11, 2021

  

  At an emergency meeting on Monday, Aug. 9, conducted remotely via Zoom, Village Council declared a state of emergency in the Village and re-enacted its downtown mask mandate, effective immediately.

• Miami Township Trustees — Public input for pandemic-related funding?

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 3, 2021

  

  At both of its July meetings, Miami Township Trustees Chris Mucher and Don Hollister discussed the possible use of nearly $130,000 in federal funds coming to the township through President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, or ARP.

• Development group plans LLC

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 2, 2021

  

  Without public discussion or explanation of its intended focus, the Yellow Springs Development Corp., or YSDC, recently approved “the formation of an LLC for development purposes,” earmarking $3,000 for the effort.

• Watering hole

  By Matt Minde

  

  Village street crew members repaired a broken leaking water line under Dayton Street near Kenneth Hamilton Way on Monday, July 26.