Government Section :: Page 94

• Miami Township Fire-Rescue calls for 9/11 memorial climbers

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 25, 2014

  

  Fire fighters and civilians alike will join in Yellow Springs’ first annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Antioch College on Sept. 27. Participants are encouraged to register early for the fundraising event.

• Brown water coming soon

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 14, 2014

  

  Villagers are likely to experience brown water during next week’s hydrant flushing, which begins Monday, Aug. 18.

• Township to float levy renewal

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 7, 2014

  

  Miami Township Trustees voted at their meeting this month to place a Township Fire-Rescue levy renewal on the ballot in November. The trustees chose a renewal, which does not increase taxes, for several reasons, including the possibility that they may ask voters for a new levy next year to build a new fire station.

• MTFR still seeks property

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Miami Township has been looking for a new home for its Fire-Rescue team for over three years, and this summer the land option they had banked on since 2011 fell through.

• Yellow Springs village revenues higher than expected

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  A mid-year budget review at Village Council’s July 21 meeting offered good news regarding Village general fund revenues.

• Yellow Springs is SWAT member

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 6, 2014

  

  In recent years, there has been increased awareness of the growing number of SWAT team raids in this country. Since the 1980s, police departments’ use of SWAT has risen about 1,500 percent, resulting in about 148 SWAT raids daily, according to University of Eastern Kentucky criminal justice professor Peter Kraska in a June 9 New York Times article.

• Village Council denies appeal to stop solar array

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 31, 2014

  

  At its July 21 meeting, Village Council voted unanimously to deny an appeal of Planning Commission’s June 23 decision to allow a solar array at Antioch College. The decision means that the college solar project is allowed to go forward.

• Village road paving set

  By YS News StaffJuly 25, 2014

  

  The village’s Greene County Paving Contractor has started the milling process of various streets around town.

• Council examines ‘busking’

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 17, 2014

  

  At their July 7 meeting, Village Council members continued an earlier discussion on how best to balance the needs of buskers and business owners in a way that doesn’t put a damper on what many villagers see as a source of downtown uniqueness.

• Bates begins Village manager job

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 11, 2014

  

  Patti Bates was sworn in as the new Yellow Springs Village manager at Village Council’s July 7 meeting.