Features

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  Miami Township Trustees approve firefighter pensions

  
  
  

  After a month-and-a-half of deliberation, Miami Township Trustees unanimously voted at their regular meeting Monday, May 20, to approve a resolution to reclassify three Miami Township Fire-Rescue, or MTFR, positions as full-time, pensioned positions.

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  Annual Yellow Springs 10-Minute Play Festival returns

  
  
  

  The annual 10-Minute Play Festival, sponsored by the YS Theater Company, returns this year Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, on the grounds of YS High School.

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  Villager’s new book engages with ‘inner critic’

  
  
  

  A book launch event for “Dear Inner Critic: A Self-Doubt Activity Book” will be held Friday, May 31, 6–7:30 p.m., at Epic Book Shop on Xenia Avenue. The book is currently available at Epic Book Shop and Dark Star Books.

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  The Little Art Theatre to redesign its marquee

  
  
  

  Little Art representatives told the News last fall that a portion of the funds from the grant would go toward a redesign of the theater’s marquee, using the theater’s past art-deco-style marquee as inspiration.

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  Elected bodies weigh low-income housing proposal on school land

  
  
  

  For the first time in public meetings, YS Home, Inc. unveiled a new, large-scale affordable housing proposal: the development of a 50-unit, low-income rental complex that may one day be sited on three acres of school district-owned land.

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  The 365 Project’s Blacks in Yellow Springs walking tours to return

  
  
  

  On Saturday, June 1, a General African American History of Yellow Springs tour will begin at 1 p.m. in front of the Mills Park Hotel.

Sports

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  Bulldog Sports Round-Up | May 24, 2024