July 16

Features

Home, Inc. and St. Mary — Senior housing funding denied

A planned 54-unit senior apartment building in Yellow Springs was turned down for funding for the second consecutive year.
Masks required by law downtown

Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance mandating facial coverings downtown and on Village-owned properties when physical distancing of six feet is not possible.
Yellow Springs Schools— Reopening plan in flux

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread in our community and region, and the 2020–21 school year scheduled to begin in a mere six weeks, uncertainty and worry seem to be the overwhelming feelings among many families considering educational choices for their children.
New processor license for Cresco Labs

Cresco Labs learned in June that it had been awarded a provisional processor license under Ohio’s medical marijuana program.
Institutions adapt to COVID-19

The News spoke with leaders at a variety of local institutions who are adapting to a new normal in the fifth month of the coronavirus pandemic, including the Yellow Springs Senior Center, Friends Care Community, Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center, Antioch College Wellness Center and the John Bryan Center/Youth Center.