Features

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  Miami Township Board of Trustees | Tax rate reduced, grants pursued

  
  
  

  Greene County Auditor David Graham explained that local millage rates for a 2.4-mill levy passed in 2017 to fund the construction of the current fire station have been reduced over the last two years.

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  Seniors say ‘yes, and…’ to life

  
  
  

  Through exercises that build confidence, foster humility and sharpen wit, village resident and lifelong improv actor Justin Howard is teaching local seniors how to say “yes, and …” to life.

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  Dine and shine at Arise Café

  
  
  

  Longtime villagers Shaun Craig and Jake Siemer recently took over at Arise Café and Catering, a small brunch-and-lunch joint located at 2960 W. Enon Road, in Xenia Twp.

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  Crockett explores ‘dual selves’ in ‘4 a.m. Girl’ exhibition

  
  
  

  Iden Crockett again opens herself up to the world with “4 a.m. Girl,” an exhibition that will open to the public this Friday, March 15, with a reception beginning at 6 p.m. in the YS Arts Council’s Robert F. Baldwin Gallery.

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  Free community meal welcomes all

  
  
  

  The locally based Beloved Community Project offers a free community meal the third Saturday of each month, noon–2 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church. The next meal is March 16.

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  ‘The Hunchback Variations’ dissects creative process

  
  
  

  The Foundry Theater will welcome Chicago-based theater collective Theater Oobleck to its experimental black box theater stage for three performances of “The Hunchback Variations” Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 17, at 2 p.m.

Village Council

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  Village Council | March 4 Meeting

Obituaries

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  Gregory Sanford