From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 6

• Yellow Springs Film Festival establishes Julia Reichert Award

  By YS News StaffJune 5, 2024

  

  To honor Reichert’s legacy, the Yellow Springs Film Festival and PNC Bank have announced creation of the Julia Reichert Award, a $3,000 short film prize to be given to an emerging female documentarian.

• The Antioch Review and Writers’ Workshop to be revived

  By Reilly DixonJune 4, 2024

  

  After a four-year hiatus, the Antioch Review — the college’s independent literary magazine founded in 1941 —  is set to emerge from its publishing pause, now with a new editorial vision and business model that includes the simultaneous revival of the Antioch Writers’ Workshop.

• St. Mary Development Corp. exits low-income housing talks

  By Reilly DixonJune 3, 2024

  

  St. Mary Development Corporation has “decided to end discussions” regarding the pursuit of a tax credit application that could have financed a 50-unit, low-income housing development.

• Miami Township Trustees approve firefighter pensions

  By Lauren ShowsJune 1, 2024

  

  After a month-and-a-half of deliberation, Miami Township Trustees unanimously voted at their regular meeting Monday, May 20, to approve a resolution to reclassify three Miami Township Fire-Rescue, or MTFR, positions as full-time, pensioned positions.

• Roundabout construction on 68/235 intersection to begin

  By YS News Staff

  

  The Ohio Department of Transportation, or ODOT, has announced that preliminary work on the construction of a single-lane roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 68 and State Route 235 — between Yellow Springs and Xenia, near Oldtown — will begin Monday, June 3.

• Yellow Springs Ukulele Club moving to new home

  By YS News StaffMay 31, 2024

  

  The regular gathering of the YS Uke Club, which meets the first Saturday of each month, is moving this month — June 1, 6–8:30 p.m. — from its longtime home at the YS Arts Council building to YS Senior Center Great Room to accommodate a growing number of participants.

• Annual Yellow Springs 10-Minute Play Festival returns

  By YS News Staff

  

  The annual 10-Minute Play Festival, sponsored by the YS Theater Company, returns this year Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, on the grounds of YS High School.

• Tar Hollow Camporee slated

  By Lauren ShowsMay 30, 2024

  

  A 60-plus-year tradition continues this month with the annual community “Camporee” event at Tar Hollow State Park.

• Porter Fitch to perform at the Foundry Theater

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The Foundry Theater at Antioch College will feature a performance by musicians Marisa Anderson and Jim White, with former Yellow Springs resident Porter Fitch, this Saturday, May 11.

• March 14 shooting suspect pleads ‘not guilty,’ claims insanity

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  Since his arraignment last week, Bleything has entered a plea of “not guilty” by reason of insanity. Pending the court’s motion for competency — which determines a defendant’s mental acuity — a tentative trial date has been set for Monday, May 20.