Miami Township Board of Zoning Appeals | Public Hearing

Miami Township Zoning Commission | Public Hearing

Ukrainian band Yagódy comes to the Foundry Theater Thursday, April 3, as part of their first North American tour. Blending folk, pop, rock and electronic sounds, the band’s unique oeuvre can only be described as epic.

How are our small-town shops, stores and services weathering this economic moment? To what extent have rising costs fallen on the consumer — villager and visitor alike? And what, ultimately, can be done to mitigate the worst effects?

One local newspaper — which has, in years past, upheld a tradition of publishing faux news stories based on current events with the intent of tickling readers’ funny bones on April 1 — decries how difficult it is at the moment to find something to laugh at.