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• Police reform at the YSPD— What’s done, what’s next?

  By Megan BachmanJune 24, 2020

  

  Amid national calls for policing reform following the most recent wave of killings of Black people by police officers, villagers are once again raising their voices for change in the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Glen Helen capital campaign— GHA seeks to raise $3.5M

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Glen Helen isn’t open — yet. But the Glen’s new future owner is moving rapidly to raise funds, restore staff and work to reopen the 1,000-acre local nature preserve, which has been closed to the public since late March due to COVID-19.

• Village planning commission — New distillery at Millworks

  By Lauren Shows

  

  At its June 9 virtual meeting, the YS Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve a conditional use permit for a new distillery to be located at Millworks. The distillery, Tuck-N-Reds Spirits & Wine, will be located in currently vacant space next to Yellow Springs Brewery; it will also use the site of the former S&G Distillery as its office space.

• A closer look at COVID’s first wave

  By Megan BachmanJune 18, 2020

  

  In light of reopening, the News reviews how the pandemic has played out so far in the village and county, and looks at plans to reduce the spread of the virus as the shutdown comes to an end.

• YS Development Corporation— Educational commons explored

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Conversations have begun between several of Yellow Springs’ educational institutions that could lead to novel partnerships and possibly significant changes in the local learning landscape.

• School district extends meal program

  By Carol SimmonsJune 17, 2020

  

  School may have concluded for the summer, but the Yellow Springs student lunch and breakfast program is continuing for an additional month, through the end of June.

• DMS ink sold to Cincinnati-based marketing firm

  By Audrey HackettJune 16, 2020

  

  DMS ink, a direct mail and printing services company located at 888 Dayton St., sold last month for an undisclosed amount to Graphic Village, a print marketing firm. The deal was finalized on May 19. The new owner plans to maintain the local facility, which employs about 40 people. No current employees reside in Yellow Springs.

• Marching for Black Lives in Yellow Springs

  By YS News StaffJune 11, 2020

  

  About 500 people gathered peacefully yet powerfully in Yellow Springs, Saturday, June 6, to protest racism, police violence and the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man killed by police in late May.

• Yellow Springs Schools— District faces funding cuts, uncertainty

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A $300 million cut in funding to Ohio schools this fiscal year, announced by Gov. Mike DeWine in May, will mean the loss of more than $140,000 in anticipated revenue for Yellow Springs Schools over May and June, according to state and district administrators.

• Antioch to sell Glen Helen to local nonprofit

  By Audrey HackettJune 10, 2020

  

  Antioch College and the Glen Helen Association announced on Wednesday that they have finalized an “agreement in principle” to transfer Glen Helen Nature Preserve from the college to the GHA. The purchase price is $2.5 million, payable over 10 years.