Yellow Springs Development Corporation— ‘Lessons learned’ in firehouse sale
What does the community need? What do residents want? What’s best for Yellow Springs? Those were some of the underlying questions threading through the discussion by members of the Yellow Springs...
View ArticleMiami Township Trustees Update — January 2021
The Miami Township Trustees meet the first and third Monday of each month beginning at 5 p.m. When a regular meeting date falls on a holiday, the meeting moves to Wednesday of the same week. Since the...
View ArticleWrecking Racism— Youth voices needed now
Last May 25, the country witnessed the horrid murder of 46-year-old George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. It was perhaps the method of the murder that shook so many across the...
View ArticleA win for quarry opponents
It’s been nearly four years since neighbors of a proposed limestone quarry north of Yellow Springs banded together to fight the mining effort. They formed a group, Citizens Against Mining, or CAM,...
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New small business incubator— Coactive YS offer room to grow
Yellow Springers have been talking about a business incubator for years. The former Creative Memories complex at 888 Dayton St. and the Center for Business and Education had been discussed as...
View ArticleYS Speech & Debate— Students find their voice
Whether sharing their own thoughts, presenting the words of another or arguing both sides of an issue, members of the Yellow Springs Speech & Debate team say they are finding power in their...
View ArticleThe Briar Patch— A dilemma with good reason
Reason – the power of the mind to think, understand and form judgments by a process of logic. Reason – a cause, explanation or justification for an action or event —Dictionary.com Yellow Springs has a...
View ArticleThe Briar Patch— A dilemma with good reason
Reason – the power of the mind to think, understand and form judgments by a process of logic. Reason – a cause, explanation or justification for an action or event —Dictionary.com Yellow Springs has a...
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Mental health considered in students’ return
Gov. Mike DeWine’s push to get all of Ohio’s K–12 students back in the classroom by March 1, at least part time, is driven partially by concerns about the mental health toll that ongoing remote...
View ArticleSchools facilities planning— District hones in on 4 options
The effort to develop a master plan for addressing identified building needs in Yellow Springs schools is moving along quickly, with four project scenarios emerging as the district’s leading options....
View ArticleComing down with COVID— Villagers share virus battles
After receiving two negative rapid tests that same week, Jonina Kelley tested positive for COVID-19 in late December 2020, a few days after her 40th birthday. It wasn’t altogether surprising — her...
View ArticleWrecking Racism— Staying informed, only to mourn
By Julian Roberts Editor’s Note: This column features youth voices addressing issues of race and racism. One may question the movement in the forward direction, one may try to understand the experience...
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Annual Gaunt event honors foundation, author
The third annual Wheeling Gaunt Community Service Award presentation event, sponsored by the Wheeling Gaunt Sculpture Project Committee and the YS Arts Council, was held virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 23....
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccinations— Governor urges ‘persistence’
Winter weather slowed some COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the state this week, the latest hiccup in a process that has been hampered by limited vaccine supplies, complicated scheduling portals,...
View ArticleDowntown George Floyd mural vandalized
The George Floyd mural in downtown Yellow Springs was discovered to be defaced on Monday, March 1, around 11 a.m. White paint was apparently flung onto the mural, obscuring Floyd’s face as it appeared...
View ArticleVillager, realtor buys Millworks
At 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22, Allison Moody’s company closed on its purchase of the Millworks business center. By Tuesday morning, its muddy parking lot had a fresh coat of gravel. “It needed to be...
View ArticleSchool facilities— Forum takes public pulse
Questions about costs, the future of the Mills Lawn school property and recommendations by the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission dominated public comments last week during the first of three...
View ArticleYS Development Corporation— Goals, behavior discussed
Where should the Yellow Springs Development Corporation, or YSDC, put its focus and energy in the coming year, and what are appropriate matters for the group to consider? Members of the...
View ArticleHealth foods for YS — Rosie’s Natural Foods now open
By Elle Peifer Coltrane Richlen has long been interested in alternative medicine and a whole food lifestyle. So it wasn’t surprising when the villager became interested in owning her own natural food...
View ArticleScam calls target vaccine information
Greene County Public Health, or GCPH, recently announced that it has been alerted to the possibility of scam phone calls, texts and emails from people posing as public health officials. These...
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