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Village Council Section

  • Village Council — Solar producers challenge cap

    By Matt MindeJuly 14, 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.

  • Village Council —  Expand voting to noncitizens?

    By Megan BachmanJuly 4, 2019

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

  • Village to raise pool rates

    By Megan BachmanJune 20, 2019

    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.

  • 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.

  • Council ban on clapping, signs — Do rules violate free speech?

    By Megan BachmanMay 16, 2019

    A small group of citizens used signs to express their approval or disapproval of statements made by Council and other citizens during a Village Council meeting in January. Council later banned signs, along with other expressions such as clapping, in a move that some villagers find troublesome. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    On January 22, Village Council chambers was standing-room only as more than 50 citizens crammed into the room, many to express their disapproval for an ongoing disciplinary process involving a local police officer.

  • Village Council — YSPD review in progress

    By Megan BachmanMay 2, 2019

    Bob Wasserman’s career in law enforcement started in Yellow Springs where, as an Antioch undergrad, he volunteered as a night dispatcher for the YS Police Department under then-Chief Jim McKee.

  • Read Village manager candidate responses

    By Megan BachmanApril 4, 2019

    Village Council has released the names of the four finalists for the Village manager position. Read their responses to questions drafted by the Village manager search committee and the Yellow Springs News.

  • Read Village manager candidate responses

    By Megan Bachman

    Village Council has released the names of the four finalists for the Village manager position. Read their responses to questions drafted by the Village manager search committee and the Yellow Springs News.

  • Four village manager finalists named

    By Megan Bachman

    At its April 1 regular meeting, Village Council released the names of the four finalists for the Village manager position.

  • Allyson Murray 

    By YS News Staff

    2019 Village Manager candidate Allyson Murray (Submitted photo)

    Raised in Findlay Ohio, Allyson Murray graduated from Bowling Green State University and served 17 years as the training coordinator at Honeywell Corp in Fostoria, Ohio.