From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 135

• Solar ‘canopy’ eyed for parking lot

  By Megan BachmanDecember 21, 2020

  

  Initial plans call for a solar canopy at the John Bryan Community Center. The covered pavilion would feature a solar roof with at least a 200-kilowatt capacity, with vehicle parking and event space underneath.

• Outside investigation complete— Officer violated no policies

  By Megan BachmanDecember 20, 2020

  

  At issue was whether YSPD Officer Dave Meister violated Village policy and state law by allegedly telling a citizen that a fellow officer, Paige Burge, referred to some attendees of the weekly Black Lives Matter rallies as an “angry mob.”

• COVID-19 update— Antioch College reports outbreak

  By Audrey HackettDecember 18, 2020

  

  After reporting just one COVID-19 infection during the fall quarter, Antioch College now has seven active cases on campus. Six students and one staff member tested positive for the virus over several days late last week, according to college spokesperson Christine Reedy.

• Virus impact grows in Yellow Springs

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Three local businesses are closing for the winter during what their owners expect to be a grim few months of the pandemic. Whether other seasonal closures will follow in Yellow Springs remains to be seen.

• Digital ‘Dracula’— High School takes stage to film

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 17, 2020

  

  YSHS performing arts teacher Sparrow-Knapp decided to stick her neck out this year — so to speak — and take a chance with a filmed version of “Dracula,” a show she said she’s long wanted to stage.

• Utility-scale solar project moves ahead

  By Megan BachmanDecember 16, 2020

  

  A utility-scale solar project southeast of Yellow Springs is moving forward, and so is a grassroots effort to stop it.

• Schools project deficit by 2024

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 13, 2020

  

  With the expectation that the district will be going to voters for more funds in the form of a facilities bond levy in late 2021, Treasurer Emrick presented the annual five-year financial forecast during the school board’s most recent meeting.

• Yellow Springs Schools facilities upgrades— $30 million cost expected

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 11, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs School District leaders anticipate a $30 million price tag, at minimum, to upgrade the district’s buildings, whether those improvements take the form of new construction or major renovations.

• Miguel’s moves into future brewpub

  By Reilly DixonDecember 9, 2020

  

  On Black Friday, Nov. 27, Espinosa and a team of his employees cut the ribbon to the location of Espinosa’s new culinary digs: 101 Corry St., the future home as well of Trail Town Brewing.

• Winter Solstice Poetry Reading— ‘Magics and songs’ offer healing gifts

  By Audrey HackettDecember 8, 2020

  

  The season’s first snowfall came ahead of Tecumseh Land Trust’s annual Winter Solstice Poetry Reading, to be held this year on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m., via Zoom.