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• Extended Coverage | Planning Commission sends Oberer plans to Village Council

  By Reilly DixonNovember 28, 2021

  

  At its Tuesday, Nov. 9, regular meeting, held via Zoom, Village Planning Commission approved a conditional use application submitted by Oberer Land Developers to rezone 52.6 acres in southern Yellow Springs to accommodate a 140-unit residential neighborhood.

• Neighbors split on 1,500-acre Kingwood Solar field project

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 27, 2021

  

  An estimated 300 people crowded into the Expo Center at the Greene County Fairgrounds on Monday evening, Nov. 15, for a public hearing on the proposed 1,500-acre Kingwood Solar field project.

• Budget deficit forecasted for Village Schools

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 26, 2021

  

  After finishing the last two fiscal years with revenues higher than expenditures, Yellow Springs school leaders anticipate a return to deficit spending this fiscal year (FY), which ends June 30, 2022, according to the district’s latest five-year financial forecast.

• Village to buy Lawson Place apartments

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 23, 2021

  

  In their regular Nov. 15 meeting, held virtually via Zoom, Village Council approved two measures allowing Village Manager Josué Salmerón to purchase an apartment building located at 10 Lawson Place.

• Five Clifton Village Council seats unfilled

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 20, 2021

  

  Nov. 2 election results that left the Village of Clifton with five of six Village Council seats unfilled for terms beginning Jan. 1 is being attributed to the small number of residents combined with state certification rules for office-seekers.

• Artist Profile | ‘Mapping the void’ with steel and wood

  By Reilly DixonNovember 19, 2021

  

  Somewhere among the heaps of rusty scrap metal and mounds of sawdust in his small garage, local artist and fourth-generation welder Seth Ratliff has honed a craft that’s allowed him to find order in all the chaos.

• Clifton Crafthouse Co-op set to open in 2022

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 18, 2021

  

  When completed, the combined taproom, community event space, commercial kitchen and affordable artist residences will work in tandem to support one another.

• Antioch and YSDC part ways over Wellness Center

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 17, 2021

  

  Jane Fernandes, President of Antioch College, announced that the college will no longer be working with the Yellow Springs Development Corporation to reopen the Wellness Center.

• Looking ahead after school levy loss

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 13, 2021

  

  At a 61%-39% spread, Yellow Springs district voters last week rejected a combined 6.5-mill, 37-year property tax and a 0.5% income tax increase with no end date to build a $35.6 million K–12 school at the location of the current middle/high school on East Enon Road.

• Little Thunders — Honoring ancestral brilliance

  By YS News StaffNovember 12, 2021

  

  “The beauty of this time of year reminds me why it is so vital to honor my ancestors by keeping the traditions that have been passed down through the generations, and by keeping alive the skills they passed along.”