From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 152

• Local food conference to return

  By Megan BachmanMarch 12, 2020

  

  Successful farm-to-school programs. Stories from local farmers coping with climate change. Strategies for turning conventional farms organic. Those topics and more will be explored at “Growing Green 2020: Investing in Conservation and Local Food,” a joint conference of the Tecumseh Land Trust and Community Solutions.

• YS school board— Facilities task force concludes work

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Members of the district’s Facilities Task Force presented the group’s final report and concluded a year’s work exploring the needs of the district’s school buildings.

• Greene County Commissioners— Who’s in the primary

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Commissioners administer the county’s annual budget, which in 2020 is $55.5 million, appropriated to some 30 county offices and departments such as county and municipal courts, parks and trails and job and family services.

• Peaceful assembly

  By Megan BachmanMarch 11, 2020

  

  Mills Lawn School students sang, marched, spoke and celebrated during an assembly on the Civil Rights Movement on Thursday, Feb. 27, the culminating event of Black History Month at the local school.

• Reprise— Battle, Lopez return for concert

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 7, 2020

  

  Mark Battle and George Lopez will perform Friday, March 13, beginning at 7 p.m. in Antioch College’s Herndon Gallery. Donations to benefit YSYOA will be taken at the door. For more information, visit http://www.ysyoa.org.

• 30 years of Feast for Friends

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 6, 2020

  

  On March 14, Evelyn and Tom LaMers will be doing the same thing they’ve been doing the second Saturday of March for the past 27 years — hosting a dinner as part of the Feast for Friends, the Friends Care Community annual  progressive dinner.

• ‘Awesome’ local youth center

  By Audrey HackettMarch 5, 2020

  

  Open Mondays through Fridays from 3 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m., the local drop-in youth center is free and open to all kids ages 10 to 18.

• Planning Commission— Glen Cottages passes

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Glen Cottages, Home, Inc.’s planned pocket neighborhood at 1133 Xenia Ave., got the go-ahead from Planning Commission at its Feb. 11 meeting.

• Village Council—  RECs could generate $183K

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  In a policy shift, the Village of Yellow Springs will be selling its existing Renewable Energy Certificates, or RECs, which are tied to its purchase of energy from renewable sources. Yellow Springs had previously retained its RECs, a form of currency in green energy markets.

• YS schools— School district, former teacher settle suits

  By Carol Simmons

  

  The Yellow Springs school district and a former district teacher have reached a settlement for the second time in five years.