From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 100

• A brief history of Omar Circle

  By Cheryl DurgansApril 3, 2022

  

  One of the nation’s few housing subdivisions built by an African American developer is nestled in a location that spans 21.2-acres and includes houses situated across the street from Yellow Springs High School, and just down the road from Gaunt Park.

• Extended Coverage | Paige Burge sworn in as YSPD chief

  By Jessica ThomasApril 2, 2022

  

  Nearly eight months after the resignation of Brian Carlson, Interim Chief Paige Burge has been named the chief of the Yellow Springs Police Department. She is the first woman and member of the LGBTQ+ community to take the helm of the YSPD.

• School facilities committee moves forward

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Recently elected board members Judith Hempfling and Dorothée Bouquet, who were on different sides of the previous facilities plan that was defeated by voters this past fall, presented a joint proposal for moving forward on the issue last month.

• ‘A Powerful Thang’ returns to Yellow Springs

  By Lauren ShowsApril 1, 2022

  

  On Saturday, April 2, “A Powerful Thang,” which was shot in large part in the village, will screen at the Little Art Theatre, where it debuted upon its release more than 30 years ago. Filmmaker Davis will make her return to the village for the screening.

• COVID Update | March 31, 2022

  By YS News StaffMarch 31, 2022

  

  COVID-19 numbers continued to hearten health officials last week, with new case numbers rising slightly in Ohio while decreasing in Greene County, and the number of new hospitalizations and deaths going down across the state and locally.

• Planning Commission approves new village farm

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A proposal for a small farm and adjacent farm goods store within the village was given the green light, with several caveats, by the Yellow Springs Planning Commission.

• Extended Coverage | New Yellow Springs subdivision proposed

  By Reilly DixonMarch 30, 2022

  

  Miamisburg-based development company DDC Management, Inc., is seeking to build a 89-lot subdivision in northwestern Yellow Springs.

• Speech & Debate competes at state

  By YS News StaffMarch 29, 2022

  

  Several members of the Yellow Springs High School and McKinney Middle School Speech & Debate team competed in the state-level tournament earlier this month.

• My Name Is Iden | Finding my voice

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “I now see passing for what it is: a fear-induced response to internalized transphobia. I wanted to pass because I was afraid to be seen as transgender.”

• Tackling trauma, teaching resiliency

  By Cheryl DurgansMarch 28, 2022

  

  This article is a follow up to the Feb. 25 News story, “Learning the nature of trauma,” in which Whitacre told the News that trauma is often misunderstood.