From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 99

• COVID-19 Update — December 16, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 22, 2021

  

  The Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, reported Saturday, Dec. 11, that the first two cases of the Omicron variant had been confirmed in Ohio.

• Downtown Yellow Springs businesses shift and grow

  By Guest Contributor

  

  As the seasons change, so do some of the village’s favorite businesses: this fall found many local stores shaking up their way of doing things, with some moving, others expanding and still others altering their business models.

• Sankofa Talk — Back to Jim Crow

  By Bomani MoyendaDecember 21, 2021

  

  “The public statements of Ohio legislators who have introduced anti-CRT bills clearly reflect they do not understand, nor do they care to understand, what CRT really is.”

• Book Review | ‘One More Day’ a joyful celebration of life

  By Guest ContributorDecember 20, 2021

  

  This is a novel for everyone wanting to understand aging in this era of increasing life span as well as increasing health challenges.

• ‘Loud As the Rolling Sea’ — Alyce Earl-Jenkins on the civil rights generation

  By YS News StaffDecember 18, 2021

  

  In collaboration with 91.3-FM WYSO’s Eichelberger Center for Community Voices, the News is publishing excerpted transcripts from WYSO’s series “Loud As the Rolling Sea.”

• District report card suggests losses for YS Schools

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 17, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs’ most recent score was 83.5 points out of a possible 120 (69.6%), representing a drop of five percentage points.

• Lawson Place purchase eases tenant worries

  By Cheryl DurgansDecember 16, 2021

  

  On Nov. 29, Council approved a down payment for the building of $160,000 and authorized the financing of the purchase for up to an additional $800,000. The closing date will likely be after the new year.

• Tecumseh Land Trust sees leadership change

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 15, 2021

  

  What might have been a major transition for many organizations was less earth-shaking for Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, when the nonprofit’s longtime executive director retired this fall.

• COVID-19 Update — November 18, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 11, 2021

  

  After more than a month charting a gradual decline in new COVID-19 case numbers, Ohio saw a slight rise last week, according to the most recent data from the Ohio Department of Health, or ODH.

• Miami Township Trustees ponder ARP funding

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A continuing question this fall for Miami Township Trustees has concerned how best to spend about $130,000 in allocated funds through the federal American Recovery Plan, or ARP, related to the COVID-19 pandemic.