Features

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  Emergent Verse | An Introduction

  
  
  

  As I walked in Glen Helen pondering the first installment of this reincarnated poetry column, the phrase “emergent verse” came to me and I realized I’d found its title.

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  New school board makeup expected to bring changes

  
  
  

  After more than a decade, when changes in school board makeup occurred mostly one new member at a time, amid the constancy of veteran office holders serving multiple terms and carrying over familiar approaches, newcomers are in the super-majority as 2022 begins.

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  Artist Profile | Iden Crockett’s self-discovery via collage

  
  
  

  “Who am I, where am I, and where do I want to be?” These questions, along with detailed storytelling and self-discovery, are expressed like a thread through each drawing, collage and poem of local artist Iden Crockett.

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  ‘Loud As the Rolling Sea’ | An interview with activist, educator Jewel Graham

  
  
  

  In collaboration with 91.3-FM WYSO’s Eichelberger Center for Community Voices, the News is publishing excerpted transcripts from WYSO’s series “Loud As the Rolling Sea.”

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  Miami Township | New year begins with new trustee

  
  
  

  Marilan Moir became Miami Township’s first female trustee — at least in recent memory — when she took the oath of office at the start of the three-member board’s meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 5.

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  Review | ‘Nightmare Alley’ and the long con

  
  
  

  Benecio del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” revives the carnivalesque narrative to remind audiences that deception has its consequences.

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  Village receives $1.2M for new water pipes

  
  
  

  Residents living in older areas of town will soon see improved water volume when the village’s aging water pipes are replaced.

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  COVID Update | Jan. 13, 2022

  
  
  

  YS schools reported 13 positive cases, with seven among middle/high school students, four Mills Lawn students and two district staff.

Village Council

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  Village Council work session addresses Oberer queries

Obituaries

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  Marcia Lou Mason

Featured Photos

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  Fir the birds