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• Yellow Springs police officer Naomi Penrod charges discrimination

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 24, 2016

  

  Yellow Springs Police Sergeant Naomi Penrod has filed a charge of employment discrimination against the Village of Yellow Springs.

• Council questions water plant hike

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 17, 2016

  

  Council members considered that question at their March 7 meeting whether the village could recoup some of the money it paid for initial designs of the new water plant, given that cost turned out to be grossly inaccurate.

• HRC focus on women’s safety

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  If a woman’s instinct says she’s unsafe in a situation, she should trust that feeling, according to two public safety experts at last Thursday’s Human Relations Commission, or HRC, meeting.

• Village levy wins big; Bernie, Kasich take YS

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 16, 2016

  

  Village voters overwhelmingly approved the Village property tax levy renewal on March 15. Local Democratic voters also favored Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton and Republicans chose John Kasich over the Donald.

• Yellow Springs candidates strive for Ohio House, Senate seats

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanMarch 10, 2016

  

  Two Yellow Springs residents are throwing themselves into the state political fray this year.

• Closures to protect the Glen trails

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  The sunny, mild weather on a recent weekend offered just the sort of break from winter that draws cabin-fevered walkers to the wood. So why, over a span of lovely days, did Glen Helen close?

• Village Council— Group urges a village-wide fiber network

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  A municipal fiber optic network would bring new jobs and business to the village, Village Council members were recently advised.

• Environmental Commission report to Council— Focus is on ‘organic land management’ and climate change

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Educating villagers on alternatives to pesticides is one of the current projects of the Environmental Commission.

• Vote on property tax levy renewal slated

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 3, 2016

  

  Village voters will see a renewal of the Village property tax levy on the March 15 primary ballot.

• Yellow Springs water plant cost goes up

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  The estimated cost of the new Village water plant increased during recent negotiations with the construction firm Council is hiring to build the plant.