From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 49

• Peace Corps dream takes flight

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 10, 2022

  

  On Monday, Sept. 26, Yellow Springs resident Dan Robrish and 16 other Peace Corps members arrived in North Macedonia, where they will serve until December 2024.

• ‘Louverture Exchange’ — Black legacy through music

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 9, 2022

  

  History, generational struggle and legacy will be the unifying themes of “Louverture Exchange: A Musical Dialogue,” a performance featuring the World House Choir, hip-hop artist and local resident Tronee Threat and headlined by international performer Napoleon Maddox on Thursday, Oct. 13.

• Fire department levy is Issue 25 on ballot

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 6, 2022

  

  If Issue 25 is approved by voters, the levy will generate about $670,000 per year for Miami Township Fire-Rescue; it will cost taxpayers $122.50 for every $100,000 of appraised property value.

• COVID Update | Oct. 6, 2022

  By YS News Staff

  

  Greene County remained at a “medium” community level for COVID-19 for the fifth week in a row, according to the latest update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released Thursday, Sept. 29.

• Village vies for more municipal solar

  By Reilly DixonOctober 5, 2022

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs is looking to build solar photovoltaic arrays on a number of municipal properties. Sites up for consideration are the Village-owned Sutton Farm, located on State Route 343; the parking lot at the John Bryan Community Center; and the rooftops of several Village buildings.

• News from the Past: July, August & September 2022

  By YS News StaffOctober 3, 2022

  

  As published in the July 5, 2012, issue of the News: “Over 80 people showed up to kick off Yellow Springs’ first Pride weekend, with a march led by Melissa Heston as Wonder Woman.”

• State court blocks six-week abortion ban

  By Jessica ThomasOctober 2, 2022

  

  On Sept. 14, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas placed a 14-day restraining order on Senate Bill 23, the six-week abortion ban that outlaws abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

• Yellow Springs nonprofits receive county grants

  By Cheryl DurgansOctober 1, 2022

  

  The Greene County Board of Commissioners granted over $150,000 to eight local nonprofits through the Greene County Nonprofit grant program, a program created by the Commissioners to disburse American Rescue Plan Act dollars the county received from the federal government.

• Unique art finds home in village

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 30, 2022

  

  With galleries and arts-centric programming aplenty, Yellow Springs is known not only for drawing in art-lovers, but also artists of all stripes themselves — including Lindsey Williams, a Centerville-based digital artist whose unique work has found a home at the local store Urban Handmade.

• COVID Update | Sept. 29, 2022

  By YS News StaffSeptember 29, 2022

  

  Greene County county reported one death for the week of Sept. 15–21. The county’s total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic is 525.