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• New Greene County Jail construction underway

  By Reilly DixonNovember 14, 2023

  

  On Friday, Oct. 27, state and county leaders gathered at the Greene County Adult Detention Center in Xenia to break ground on a $76 million facility that will house a new county jail as well as county law enforcement administration offices.

• Village Council to amend municipal tax code

  By Reilly DixonNovember 9, 2023

  

  At the Monday, Oct. 16, Village Council meeting, the group held a first reading of an ordinance that would revise several municipal income tax provisions — revisions that the Village is required to adopt per Ohio House Bill 33.

• Nov. 7, 2023 General Election Results

  By YS News StaffNovember 8, 2023

  

  At the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 7, Ohioans passed two state issues: Issue 1, which will legalize access to abortion and reproductive care and protect that access in the State Constitution; and Issue 2, a statute to legalize the sale and possession of cannabis products for Ohioans ages 21 and older.

• Corrected early voting ballots available

  By YS News StaffOctober 30, 2023

  

  Mail-in early voting ballots returned to Yellow Springs residents who requested them early this month contained an error, which stated that voters select only two candidates for Village Council; there are three open seats to be filled. Corrected mail-in early voting ballots are set to be received by Yellow Springs voters this week if they have not already been received, and are available to be picked up this week at the Greene County board of Elections office.

• 2023 General Election | Candidates sound off at local forum

  By YS News Staff

  

  On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 18 and 19, the James A. McKee Association held its traditional Candidates Night Forum events in the Mills Lawn gym in anticipation of the upcoming Nov. 7 election.

• Village Council reviews the local power portfolio

  By Reilly DixonOctober 24, 2023

  

  Where does the Village of Yellow Springs get its energy? How much of it is renewable? And how many renewable energy credits does the Village get from the kinds of energy it uses and produces?

• Village Council | ‘Forever chemicals’ in municipal water

  By Reilly DixonOctober 16, 2023

  

  Out of 30 samples the Village water department took this April, only one registered above the detection limit at 9.2 parts per trillion — a level significantly below the current health advisory limit, but above the proposed maximum level of contamination.

• Brian Housh removed as Village Council president

  By Reilly DixonOctober 11, 2023

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, Oct. 2, Council members voted to remove Brian Housh from his position as Council president.

• Miami Township Trustees | Zoning hearing set, letter discussed

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 28, 2023

  

  The BZA will consider a temporary-use permit to allow the Chamber of Commerce to sell bottled water and T-shirts at the sunflower field owned by local residents David and Sharen Neuhardt.

• Village Council considers electrical grid improvements

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 25, 2023

  

  “The Village is currently in ‘good shape’ in how it distributes power to its residents and businesses, but if Yellow Springs is to continue growing, the grid will need to be improved.”