December 9

Features

Down to Earth — Tecumseh Land Trust and affordable housing

“Affordable housing, farmland preservation and native habitat conservation — are they mutually exclusive?”
District report card suggests losses for YS Schools

Yellow Springs’ most recent score was 83.5 points out of a possible 120 (69.6%), representing a drop of five percentage points.
Lawson Place purchase eases tenant worries

On Nov. 29, Council approved a down payment for the building of $160,000 and authorized the financing of the purchase for up to an additional $800,000. The closing date will likely be after the new year.
COVID-19 Update — December 9, 2021

Greene County’s total of new cases reported for the week of Sunday, Nov. 28, through Saturday, Dec. 4, rose significantly, however, from the week before, with a total of 531 new cases, compared to the previous week’s total of 308.
YSHS, McKinney students to perform ‘The Stinky Cheese Man’

“The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales” will be performed by students from McKinney Middle School and YS High School on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10–12, at Clifton Opera House.
Ten years of Winter Solstice Poetry Readings

Now in its 10th year, the Winter Solstice Poetry Reading’s theme is “Sacred Ground,” which, according to organizer and local poet Ed Davis, is an homage to the event’s longtime and rightful home: Glen Helen.