Government Section :: Page 53

• 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.

• Village urges plant, weed maintenance

  By YS News StaffJune 14, 2019

  

  Early this week, the Village of YS released a plea to villagers to rein in plant life that obstructs sidewalks.

• Carlson renewed as YSPD chief

  By Megan BachmanJune 13, 2019

  

  At its regular meeting on Monday, June 3, Village Council renewed the contract of Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson for another year.

• Miami Twp. meeting— Firehouse groundbreaking

  By Carol SimmonsJune 6, 2019

  

  Groundbreaking for the township’s long-awaited new firehouse, to be constructed on the south side of the village, is expected to take place in late August or early September, Miami Township Trustee Chairperson Chris Mucher said earlier this month.

• Village Council— New YSPD imagined at forum

  By Megan Bachman

  

  At a forum on policing on Tuesday, May 21, about 50 villagers helped identify the factors that contributed to a positive experience with a police officer, and envisioned a future Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Home, Inc.— Senior housing rental project not funded, yet

  By Audrey HackettMay 30, 2019

  

  A proposed 54-unit affordable senior housing rental project in Yellow Springs has not been funded — yet. Home, Inc. and its development partner, St. Mary Development Corporation, received word last week that they had not been awarded federal tax credits for the local senior apartment building, by far the largest project of its kind undertaken by Home, Inc.

• Council pulls parking lot proposal

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Beatty Hughes Park will not soon be the site of a municipal parking lot. A proposal to turn over the downtown park to parking was tabled at Council’s May 20 meeting after public opposition.