Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.

• H&H Studios is here for hair and body

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 30, 2020

  

  Holihan and Quigley held the grand opening for their new hair salon and massage parlor, H&H Studios — so named for “Heidi” and “Holihan” — on Oct. 24.

• Local COVID-19 response— Village steps up enforcement

  By Megan BachmanNovember 29, 2020

  

  As the third wave of the coronavirus rages through the state and county, the Village of Yellow Springs is cracking down on behaviors that could further spread COVID-19 in town.

• Planning Commission— New ‘do not plant’ list being considered

  By Audrey HackettNovember 28, 2020

  

  Proposed changes to the Village’s weeds ordinance are taking aim at dozens of “noxious weeds” and invasive plant species currently wreaking havoc in Ohio.

• Protest held outside Gov. DeWine home

  By Reilly DixonNovember 27, 2020

  

  On Friday, Nov. 20, nearly 200 demonstrators gathered outside Gov. Mike DeWine’s home in Cedarville Township to protest his and the Ohio Department of Health’s COVID-19-related mandates, including the statewide mask order and the 10 p.m. curfew.

• COVID-19 contact tracing— More cases, more contacts

  By Audrey HackettNovember 25, 2020

  

  The local health department’s contact tracing team now includes nine people, including employees from the Ohio Department of Health, part of the state’s scaled-up contact tracing workforce.

• Little Thunders— Unsettling Truthsgiving

  By YS News Staff

  

  This November 26, as you sit down to your meal, I have a message for the young people because they will understand better than anyone else: There is no need to shy away from the truth.

• The Briar Patch— On kindness

  By Cheryl DurgansNovember 24, 2020

  

  And what would Cleola think of this iteration of kindness we are experiencing now? This market driven world of contemporary culture that has attempted to commoditize kindness into a kindness tourist destination trap.

• Countering racism in Yellow Springs schools

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 23, 2020

  

  In the News’ ongoing “Facing Race” series, we turn this week to the local school district for a look at how the schools are reckoning with race and implementing new efforts, alongside continuing initiatives, to counter racism’s presence and effects.

• Village Impact Project— Mentoring aims to change lives

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 21, 2020

  

  Founded by high school intervention specialist Donna Haller, and initially launched in January 2019 under the auspices of the area Big Brother Big Sister organization, the local group struck out on its own and formed a governing board of trustees that summer.

• Bookplate Ink— The village’s history in bookplates

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 20, 2020

  

  Printed bookplates — also referred to as “ex libris,” after the Latin for “from the library of,” which often precedes the name of a book’s owner on a bookplate — are nearly as old as Gütenberg’s printing press itself.