From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 159

• ‘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.

• 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.