Last weekend, local artist Pierre Nagley pasted a drawing of Emmitt Till on top of a Kieth’s Alley mural he painted last year of George Floyd that had been vandalized with white paint earlier in the week.

The Yellow Springs News has once again been recognized by its peers for excellence in journalism, advertising and design. The News was awarded the top prize — Newspaper of the Year — in the 2021 Ohio News Media Association weekly newspaper contest.

Seymour Charles Wexler died at Friends Care assisted living on Jan. 25, 2021, two weeks after his 96th birthday.

On Feb. 25, 2021, Christina “Tuffy” Ferguson returned to her heavenly home due to COVID-19.

Drewry Estes Logan, of Hanover, N.H., died on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, at Kendal at Hanover, following a short illness. She was 94.

R. Michael Triplett died suddenly at home March 1, 2021.

Board of Zoning Appeals • Public Hearing

Village Council Regular Meeting & Executive Session • Virtual Meeting • Monday, March 15, 2021, 7 p.m.

VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS PUBLIC MEETINGS

On Monday, March 1, Richlen opened Rosie’s Natural Foods at 142 Dayton St., having purchased Starflower Natural Foods from Marnie Neumann in early February.