From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 158

• MTFR seeks operating levy renewal

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 16, 2020

  

  Among the ballot issues local voters will decide Tuesday, March 17, is a 3.8-mill renewal levy for Miami Township Fire-Rescue operations.

• Catering to the village since 1983— Current Cuisine wins award

  By Megan BachmanMarch 13, 2020

  

  Current Cuisine’s owners, Karyn Stillwell-Current and Steve Current, are being honored for supporting — and feeding — their community.

• Biodigester loses zoning appeal

  By YS News StaffMarch 12, 2020

  

  An energy company’s attempts to keep its biodigester operating four miles west of Yellow Springs were shot down by a Bath Township zoning board last week.

• Encyclopedia highlights Black lives

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A “labor of love” — as well as a labor of memory, representation and community — hit a significant milestone in February with the completion and release of the first physical edition of “Blacks in Yellow Springs: A Community Encyclopedia.”

• Local food conference to return

  By Megan Bachman

  

  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.