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• 2020 Year in Review: Top Stories

  By YS News StaffJanuary 6, 2021

  

  2020 was an eventful and newsworthy year — especially in Yellow Springs. Villagers weathered the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, witnessed the transfer of ownership of Glen Helen, endured a stressful and unique election season and so much more.

• Village of Yellow Springs shares $40K in federal CARES funds

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 5, 2021

  

  New HVAC filtration systems, masks, gloves, stand-alone air purifiers, plexiglass partitions and hand sanitizer stations were among the products purchased by local organizations through the grant.

• Amid pandemic, Friends Care Community’s ho-ho-holidays

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 4, 2021

  

  The holidays are festive, if lower-key, at Friends Care Community this year. Visitation has been restricted at the facility since March.

• The Briar Patch— Mortgaging humanity: Property values and the life of Wheeling Gaunt

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  There is clear distinction between Gaunt’s humanitarian-based business structure, and the economic system of slavery upon which our mortgage system is based. Bundling enslaved people — captives — into securities had benefits for the slave owner.

• Wheeling Gaunt’s legacy lives on

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 1, 2021

  

  Wheeling Gaunt’s generosity perseveres in a 126-year-old tradition of the delivery of flour to local widows and widowers at the holidays — a stipulation in Gaunt’s will when he bequeathed the land that is now Gaunt Park to the Village.

• 2020 in six words or one picture

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 31, 2020

  

  This year, as in years past, the YS News asked its readers to write a little something in response to a question about the year that’s ending.

• News from the Past

  By YS News StaffDecember 29, 2020

  

  In last week’s “News from the Past” column, contributing writer Don Hollister did another dive into the YS News archives and compiled some of the more compelling headlines that occurred in past Decembers.

• Sankofa Talk — An ‘All Lives Matter moment’

  By Bomani MoyendaDecember 28, 2020

  

  In the most recent installment of Bomani Moyenda’s column, “Sankofa Talk,” Moyenda recounts a tense interaction with an “All Lives Matter” proponent at a forum at Wilmington College.

• YS Schools— Board OKs hybrid transition plan

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Yellow Springs school district leaders are making plans for students to return to in-person classes, but exactly when that will be is uncertain.

• Village Council— Deficit budget moves ahead

  By Megan BachmanDecember 27, 2020

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs plans to spend about a million dollars more than it takes in next year. As a result, general fund reserves are set to drop to their lowest level in recent years.