From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 153

• Free speech and the library

  By Audrey HackettMarch 1, 2020

  

  A local group organizing against Issue 12 — the sales tax levy to fund the construction of a new jail for Greene County — was turned away from Yellow Springs Community Library’s meeting room last week.

• Villagers give views on jail

  By Audrey HackettFebruary 28, 2020

  

  Village Council, at its Feb. 18 regular meeting, considered perspectives on Issue 12, a 0.25% sales tax increase to fund the construction of a new and larger jail for Greene County.

• Schools mourn beloved bus driver

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 27, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs students, parents, teachers, staff — everyone knew beloved district bus driver Darryl Dewer simply as  “Mr. Darryl.”

• Grinnell Road ‘shootout’— Investigation continues in double fatal shooting

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Greene County authorities say that the investigation into the double fatal shooting outside a home on Grinnell Road, just south of Yellow Springs, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, could take weeks to complete.

• School vouchers hit home

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 21, 2020

  

  While some Ohio families benefit, a growing number of the state’s school districts, including Yellow Springs, have found themselves landing in an undesirable position.

• Village Council— Clapping, sign ban lifted

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 20, 2020

  

  Citizens who attend Village Council meetings can once again express themselves through clapping, snapping and signs, Council decided at its Feb. 3 regular meeting.

• ‘Newspaper of the Year’— News wins state awards

  By YS News Staff

  

  The Yellow Springs News was honored by its peers last week as the “Newspaper of the Year” among comparable papers in Ohio.

• YSDC holds its first meeting

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The Yellow Springs Development Corporation, or YSDC, held its first meeting since incorporating on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

• A quick guide to the March primary

  By Audrey HackettFebruary 18, 2020

  

  The presidential primary is March 17, 2020. Several local issues and a range of federal, state and county offices are on the ballot.

• Tony Bent Memorial

  By YS News StaffFebruary 14, 2020

  

  A memorial for Tony Bent will be held at the Vernet Ecological Center on Saturday, Feb. 15, beginning at 2 p.m.