Features

• Sankofa Talk | More intensive antiracism work needed

  “Despite our touted reputation for social justice, and interracial harmony, has Yellow Springs secretly, silently, begun surfing the waves of racism and white supremacy that have been cascading across the county in recent years?”

• Schools debut ‘Bulldog Blitz’ podcast

  The community can look forward to the second round of Exhibition Nights for this school year in May — but until then, if you want to know what the Bulldogs are up to, just put on a pair of headphones and tune into the district’s new podcast, “Bulldog Blitz.”

• Planning Commission | Residential zoning changes proposed

  At their most recent meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 14, the members of YS Planning Commission voted to initiate the process of amending some text of the Village Zoning Code.

• Village seeks tenants for 201 Walnut Street

  An open house last week provided nearly two dozen inquiring villagers the opportunity to survey the 88-year-old building and ask Village Manager Josué Salmerón questions about his administration’s intent to lease the structure.

• Longtime printer to close, YS News publication day to change

  The AIM Media Midwest production plant in Miamisburg — where the YS News has been printed for nearly 20 years — will cease operations Friday, Feb. 24.

• Yellow Springs nonprofit Agraria announces furloughs, hiatus

  Yellow Springs nonprofit and educational farm Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice has announced a hiatus of its operations and programs effective Thursday, Feb. 16., and all employees — about 30 — have been put on a three-month furlough.

Village Council

• Village Council eyes single-use plastics ban

Obituaries

• Uta G. Schenck