Government Section :: Page 50

• Village Council—Local electricity mega-green

  By Megan BachmanJuly 18, 2019

  

  Yellow Springs has the greenest power supply of the 139 municipal members of its electric supplier. It may even be the greenest on the region’s electric grid.

• Village Council — Solar producers challenge cap

  By Megan BachmanJuly 11, 2019

  

  Should the Village raise its cap on the amount of solar energy it buys from local residences? Village Council broached that question at its July 1 regular meeting.

• Fire, EMS calls on the rise

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Crew members of Miami Township Fire-Rescue are responding to more emergency calls than ever before, according to statistics recently released by the department.

• Reward offered in Clark case

  By YS News StaffJuly 4, 2019

  

  More than two months into the homicide investigation in the death of villager Leonid “Lonya” Clark, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

• Village Council —  Expand voting to noncitizens?

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Local 16- and 17-year olds and noncitizen legal residents could vote in local elections as early as next year.

• Village Council — Manager Bates bids farewell

  By Megan BachmanJune 27, 2019

  

  Patti Bates was honored at Council’s June 17 regular meeting before new manager Josue Salmeron was sworn in. Council members each thanked Bates for her service.

• Helping the helpers at MTFR, YSPD

  By Carol SimmonsJune 20, 2019

  

  In the last two weeks of May alone, Miami Township Fire-Rescue crews responded to 40 calls for emergency medical service and 15 reports of fire. When a call comes in, local first responders never know exactly what they might find when they arrive. The result is that the work is physically demanding and emotionally taxing.

• Village to raise pool rates

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The first rate hike in a decade at Gaunt Park Pool will likely take effect later this summer, with most of the increase to be paid by out-of-town visitors and day pass users.

• YSPD urges villagers to lock vehicles

  By Megan BachmanJune 19, 2019

  

  After a spate of break-ins overnight, Yellow Springs police are encouraging villagers to lock their vehicles.

• Natural causes suspected in villager’s death

  By YS News StaffJune 15, 2019

  

  A villager found unresponsive in the bathroom of a downtown business was later pronounced dead.