Features

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  Tin Can Economy | Govern with audacity

  
  
  

  “No more of this “Aw, shucks. How did we get to this point?” If we agree we want something — affordable housing, greater diversity, a downtown that favors villagers over visitors — then divert the resources to make it happen tomorrow.”

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  Planning Commission approves food truck rallies at Antioch

  
  
  

  By a vote of 5–0, the commission gave the greenlight to MadCab Events to continue bringing a rotating fleet of food trucks to the college’s grassy “horseshoe” space under the shadow of Main Building every Monday evening, May through August, 5–9  p.m.

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  Trustees handle financial, MTFR, cemetery business

  
  
  

  At its regular meeting Monday, Aug. 17, the Miami Township Board of Trustees moved through a relatively light agenda, approving a new part-time EMT and the sale of two aging Miami Township Fire-Rescue vehicles.

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  Revenue loss projected in YS Schools budget forecast

  
  
  

  Yellow Springs Schools expects to lose about $2.4 million in local revenue over the next five years due to several recently enacted property tax laws, according to an updated five-year financial forecast presented to the school board Wednesday, Aug. 12.

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  ‘Finding the fun’ in the water again

  
  
  

  Amy Wamsley will hit the open water again this month for a two-mile swim in the Chicago River to benefit A Long Swim, a nonprofit that raises funds for ALS research. In sharing the news of her upcoming swim with the News, Wamsley also reflected on the year since her monumental swim across the English Channel, and the unexpected challenges that came after.

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  After a long wait, Tik’s Thai opens in Yellow Springs

  
  
  

  Tik’s Thai, Yellow Springs’ newest downtown restaurant, opened in earnest Thursday, Aug. 13, when the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce marked the occasion with a ribbon-cutting.

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  $8.65 million in wastewater improvements recommended

  
  
  

  At the meeting, Council members heard a familiar story: Yellow Springs is laden with old underground pipes that need fixing, and planning for repairs today would be cheaper than making them under duress tomorrow.

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  Clifton Music and Arts Festival returns this weekend

  
  
  

  The Clifton Gorge Music & Arts Festival returns Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28–29, bringing more than 50 artisan vendors, about a dozen food vendors and a full slate of live music and dance demonstrations to the village.

Obituaries

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  Perry Morton Stewart
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  Nancy Nightingale Schwab