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Getting a handle on conflict
Professional mediator Jay Rothman is leading a two-part conflict engagement workshop in April and May. Organized by the Village Mediation Program, the free event will be held via Zoom. (Submitted...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update— Virus developments mixed
Thirteen months into the coronavirus pandemic, a weary public is wondering what’s next. Is another wave of COVID-19 coming? Can the vaccination campaign keep it at bay? Where is the illness now...
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‘Pet project’— Donation assures dog park’s future
Area residents — both two- and four-legged — will soon have something to wag their tails about: the long-anticipated Yellow Springs Dog Park is set to open at Gaunt Park this September. The park’s...
View ArticleYellow Springs schools— Plan addresses learning losses
Concerned about the educational setbacks experienced by students during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ohio Department of Education has required all districts in the state to submit a document detailing...
View ArticleNews from the Past
Compiled by Don Hollister 10 years ago: 2011 Antioch hires first faculty, gains on accreditation. “Antioch College continues its forward motion toward admitting new students next fall, announcing this...
View ArticleMills Lawn School principal finalists named
Two finalists have been named in the search for a new principal at Mills Lawn Elementary School. The school district announced earlier this week that a 12-member interview committee had selected Cheryl...
View ArticleSankofa Talk — An ‘All Lives Matter moment’
I am writing this just a few hours after the jury in the Derek Chauvin murder trial went into deliberations. There very well may be a verdict by the time this is published. It has been a blood-curdling...
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Utility-scale solar firm applies for state permit
A Texas company looking to build a 1,500-acre, 175-megawatt solar power project in Greene County has applied for a permit. On Friday, April 16, Vesper Energy of Houston, Tx., submitted its 136-page...
View ArticleFrom internment camps to Antioch
By Richard McDonough Can you imagine being imprisoned simply because of your heritage? Can you imagine being given a day or two or a few weeks to be able to settle your affairs — rent or sell your...
View ArticleLittle Thunders— Decolonization isn’t a metaphor
In the early days of Spring, the Indigenous New Year, I met with a group of Native leaders from all over Turtle Island (North America), each of us from a different Tribal nation from Iñupiaq to...
View ArticleMiami Township— Old firehouse utility fees in dispute
More than a month after the final closing on the sale of the former firehouse on Corry Street, one financial issue remains unresolved. Locally based comedian and actor Dave Chappelle has purchased the...
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Community Supported Art— ‘Shares’ connect artists, patrons
What do a broom maker, a fiber artist, a ceramicist and an illustrator have in common? They are all among the kinds of artists to be featured in an innovative project focused on bringing locally-made...
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New MLS principal named
(Submitted photo) Megan Winston, a vice principal at Xenia High School, is expected to be approved at this week’s regular Yellow Springs school board meeting as the next principal at Mills Lawn...
View ArticleReturn of the Magi(cicada)
By Don Cipollini This article first appeared in the newsletter of the YS Tree Committee. By now, many of us are aware that southwestern Ohio will experience a mass emergence of periodical cicadas...
View Article‘Celebration and solidarity’— Panel to discuss AAPI heritage
As the country moves through the 14th month of the COVID-19 pandemic, it also moves through Asian-American and Pacific Islander, or AAPI, Heritage Month. By any good logic, these two disparate marks on...
View ArticlePlanning Commission— ‘Safari Place’ approved
A new local business is looking to host car shows and charity events, sell cars and campers and run area kayak tours. Village resident Bill Cacciolfi is turning the former Shattuck’s Garage auto repair...
View ArticleSouth end development— County approves annex
During their regular meeting on April 29, the Greene County Board of Commissioners unanimously granted an annexation petition from Oberer Land Developers to add their 34 acres of land in Miami Township...
View ArticleThe Briar Patch— Zoning battles, a Mother’s Day story
“If you care about social justice, you have to care about zoning.” — Richard D. Kahlenberg Zoning — “an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to...
View ArticleFacilities survey— Many reluctant to hike taxes
The results of a new survey that polled Yellow Springs school district voters about their views concerning local school facilities — and the anticipated $30 million to $35 million cost to undertake...
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YSHS 2021 graduation speakers— Finding direction amid atypical year
Saying that the Yellow Springs class of 2021 has had an atypical senior year is an understatement. The more than 60 students graduating this week spent the bulk of the past year at home, logging onto...
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