From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 133

• What’s the future of downtown?

  By Megan BachmanMay 20, 2020

  

  Even with the tentative openings, business-as-usual seems far off. Closed since at least mid-March, many local merchants remain worried about the health of their businesses.

• Ohio reopens restaurants, bars

  By Audrey HackettMay 15, 2020

  

  Last Thursday, Ohio restaurants and bars got the go-ahead from Gov. Mike DeWine to resume outdoor dining on Friday, May 15. Indoor dining is permitted to restart the following week, on Thursday, May 21.

• Class of the pandemic— Coping with altered endings

  By YS News StaffMay 14, 2020

  

  Seniors are graduating into a world stripped bare by a pandemic. They would have been celebrating the culmination of 12 to 13 years of consistent effort and determination. But rather than valiantly marching on to the next grand step in the journey of life, this year’s seniors simply drift, slowly floating over the line that marks the end of high school.

• A tribute to YSHS 2020 senior athletes: track and field

  By Megan BachmanMay 13, 2020

  

  In mid-March, after three weeks of initial conditioning and three more weeks of practice, the Yellow Springs High School track and field team was ready for a successful spring season. Ohio schools, however, were closed before the team could participate in its first meet.

• Retail reopening nears

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Starting on May 12, retail shops in the State of Ohio can reopen if they take certain safety precautions. But in Yellow Springs, not all stores are ready to fling open their doors to customers.

• Lights! Costumes! Conference call!— Playwright debuts play virtually

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  Yellow Springs-based playwright and actor Robb Willoughby will debut his play “Look into My Eyes” by way of virtual broadcast Saturday, May 16, through Wednesday, May 20.

• Resilient despite losses— Local restaurants hold on, adapt

  By Audrey HackettMay 9, 2020

  

  When Ohio closed dine-in restaurants and bars on March 15, the impact on local restaurants was immediate and severe.

• Prisons hit hard by COVID-19

  By Carol SimmonsMay 7, 2020

  

  The high number of COVID-19 cases being reported in the state’s prisons is of grave concern for Yellow Springs residents who volunteer in area facilities or have family members who are incarcerated.

• Ohio’s new ‘stay safe’ order

  By Audrey HackettMay 6, 2020

  

  Ohio’s stay-at-home order expired on May 1. That morning, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a new order, called Stay Safe Ohio, to replace the previous directive that Ohioans shelter in place in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

• YSDC accepts loan funds, eyes township property

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The new local economic development group accepted $35,000 from the Village to seed a revolving loan fund. It discussed an ongoing effort to look at siting a K-12 school facility on the Antioch College campus. And, in a closed session, it considered a counter-offer to purchase a Township property, the soon-to-be-vacated fire station on Corry Street, to resell for economic development.