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

• Home, Inc. unveils new senior housing plan

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 28, 2022

  

  At a public presentation on Thursday, Nov. 17, affordable housing nonprofit YS Home, Inc. unveiled its latest planned project: a 32-unit development on 1.8 acres along Marshall and Herman streets.

• School board discusses facilities, levies

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 26, 2022

  

  School facilities were at the center of much of the discussion at the most recent meeting of the Board of Education on Thursday, Nov. 10. Nearly nine months after the formation of the Facilities Committee, questions about the purpose and direction of the committee remain a source of tension between its members.

• ‘Before All the World’— Rothman-Zecher talks new novel

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 25, 2022

  

  Former villager Moriel Rothman-Zecher’s new novel, “Before All the World,” was published through Farrar, Straus and Giroux in October of this year.

• Unsolicited Opinions | What is an antiracist tomorrow?

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 23, 2022

  

  “As a person of color in this community, I often find myself torn between feeling lucky to live where I do and wanting to scream at the constant state of ‘white people just not getting it.'”

• YSPD budgets $1.7 million for 2023

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  A recent spike in officer and dispatch turnover, higher overtime costs and mounting expenses to maintain and replace outdated equipment are among ongoing challenges identified by the Yellow Springs Police Department in proposing a 2023 budget totaling $1,731,805.34.

• Facilities Committee | Upgrade costs still unclear

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 20, 2022

  

  At the Facilities Committee’s Thursday, Nov. 3, meeting, Timothy Bennett of THP Limited assessed the school facilities and made recommendations on needed repairs, upgrades and maintenance strategies.

• Donnell Rawlings finds home in the village

  By Cheryl DurgansNovember 19, 2022

  

  The stand-up comedian and actor known for his regular appearances on “The Chappelle Show” among other television, film and live performance work officially became a townie after purchasing a home this past summer.

• YS Equity pilots guaranteed income program

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 18, 2022

  

  What could you do with $300 a month for 24 months? That’s what members of YS Equity, a subsidiary of the Yellow Springs Community Foundation, want to find out through their new Guaranteed Income program, which launched last week.

• Students take flight in ‘Peter Pan’

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 17, 2022

  

  McKinney Middle and Yellow Springs High schools will present “Peter Pan and Wendy,” adapted by Doug Rand from the original play and novel by J.M. Barrie, Thursday–Sunday, Nov. 17–20, in the Yellow Springs High School gym.

• COVID Update | Nov. 17, 2022

  By YS News Staff

  

  Greene County’s number of new cases rose for the week of Nov. 3–9, with 155, compared to 146 for the week of Oct. 27–Nov. 2, according to the CDC.