Government Section :: Page 49

• Delays, confusion in primary

  By Carol SimmonsApril 20, 2020

  

  As the deadline for voting in Ohio’s 2020 primary election nears, Greene County voters are reporting worrisome waits in receiving their requested absentee ballots as well as confusion around sometimes contradictory instructions.

• Ohio moves to mail-in voting

  By Audrey HackettApril 6, 2020

  

  Ohio primary voters have just over three weeks left to vote — by mail — in the extended primary election.

• Ohio voting delayed

  By Audrey HackettMarch 25, 2020

  

  In a series of rapid developments that took place hours before the Ohio presidential primary, in-person voting in the state was off, then on, then off again.

• YSPD reminds villagers to secure cars

  By YS News StaffMarch 23, 2020

  

  On Monday, March 22, the YS Police Department sent out an alert via Hyperreach, reminding all villagers to lock their cars after a string of cars were rifled through on Sunday night.

• “It’s a marathon, not a sprint”: Highlights from the March 20 Yellow Springs virtual town hall

  By Megan BachmanMarch 21, 2020

  

  During their tri-weekly virtual town hall, Yellow Springs and Miami Township leaders updated the community on the village’s evolving response to the coronavirus outbreak.

• Council weighs jail response

  By Megan BachmanMarch 19, 2020

  

  At its March 3 regular meeting, Village Council hashed out a letter to the Greene County Commissioners on their proposal to build a new county jail.

• Prosecutor candidates offer competing visions

  By Megan BachmanMarch 16, 2020

  

  The prosecutor oversees a budget of around $2 million and a staff of 14 attorneys to represent the State of Ohio in all felony cases and juvenile crimes in the county and cases involving county agencies.

• MTFR seeks operating levy renewal

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Among the ballot issues local voters will decide Tuesday, March 17, is a 3.8-mill renewal levy for Miami Township Fire-Rescue operations.

• Biodigester loses zoning appeal

  By YS News StaffMarch 12, 2020

  

  An energy company’s attempts to keep its biodigester operating four miles west of Yellow Springs were shot down by a Bath Township zoning board last week.

• Greene County Commissioners— Who’s in the primary

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Commissioners administer the county’s annual budget, which in 2020 is $55.5 million, appropriated to some 30 county offices and departments such as county and municipal courts, parks and trails and job and family services.