Features

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  News from the Past

  
  
  

  In last week’s “News from the Past” column, contributing writer Don Hollister did another dive into the YS News archives and compiled some of the more compelling headlines that occurred in past Decembers.

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  Sankofa Talk — An ‘All Lives Matter moment’

  
  
  

  In the most recent installment of Bomani Moyenda’s column, “Sankofa Talk,” Moyenda recounts a tense interaction with an “All Lives Matter” proponent at a forum at Wilmington College.

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  YS Schools— Board OKs hybrid transition plan

  
  
  

  Yellow Springs school district leaders are making plans for students to return to in-person classes, but exactly when that will be is uncertain.

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  Village Council— Deficit budget moves ahead

  
  
  

  The Village of Yellow Springs plans to spend about a million dollars more than it takes in next year. As a result, general fund reserves are set to drop to their lowest level in recent years.

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  30 years of letters to Santa

  
  
  

  For nearly all of the last three decades, former villager Peggy Barker has compiled these letters as Santa’s assistant. She said she took up the job in 1989 when she found herself with some extra time on her hands.

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  The Legendary Lights at Clifton Mill get second place in national contest

  
  
  

  For the third year in a row, the Legendary Lights at the Historic Clifton Mill were among the most impressive in the country, according to the results of a national competition. Clifton Mill won second place in the best public holiday lights category in USA Today’s annual “10Best” competition.

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  COVID-19 update— Antioch College reports outbreak

  
  
  

  After reporting just one COVID-19 infection during the fall quarter, Antioch College now has seven active cases on campus. Six students and one staff member tested positive for the virus over several days late last week, according to college spokesperson Christine Reedy.

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  Virus impact grows in Yellow Springs

  
  
  

  Three local businesses are closing for the winter during what their owners expect to be a grim few months of the pandemic. Whether other seasonal closures will follow in Yellow Springs remains to be seen.

Village Council

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  Village Council— Deficit budget moves ahead

Obituaries

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  Barron ‘Duke’ E. Conrad
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  Wilbur Lucien Brown
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  Dorothy Till

Sports

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  December 17, 2020 — Bulldog Sports Round-Up