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• School board hears Greenspace plan

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 9, 2022

  

  A local group seeking to preserve about five undeveloped acres on the western side of the Mills Lawn Elementary School property presented a land conservation proposal earlier this month to the Yellow Springs school board.

• New owners at the Springs Motel

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  The Springs Motel, Yellow Springs’ own little funky roadside respite has some new owners. Moving in from just three miles down Route 68 is the Knickerbocker family, proprietors of local business Knickerbocker Pools & Spas.

• Masks optional at Yellow Springs public schools

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 8, 2022

  

  In a letter dated March 6 and sent to district families and staff on Monday, March 7, Superintendent Terri Holden announced that mask wearing in the schools would become optional effective Wednesday, March 9.

• School board approves facilities committee

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 7, 2022

  

  The board’s new plan involves forming a committee that will explore the costs and ramifications of a phased, permanent-improvement plan to repair and upgrade the district’s buildings, compared with the costs and considerations associated with new or partial construction.

• 91.3 WYSO receives $25,000 grant

  By Jessica ThomasMarch 5, 2022

  

  The grant money will be used to purchase new broadcasting equipment and have it installed, pay for the “highly specialized” acoustic treatments for the studio spaces and purchase new furniture for the WYSO team.

• Antioch exhibition honors Black experience

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 4, 2022

  

  In “Black History: A Work in Progress,” a new exhibition on view through March 28, gallery visitors are invited to serve as witnesses and in turn celebrate the contributions and “constant influence” of Black lives in the United States as well as this specific area of the country.

• Feminist Health Fund seeks donations

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 3, 2022

  

  For more than 40 years, the village-based nonprofit Feminist Health Fund has helped women around Greene County pay for a variety of health-related costs, funding everything from prescriptions to operations.

• COVID Update | March 3, 2022

  By YS News Staff

  

  As of last week, 10 of Ohio’s 88 counties dropped below the threshold for “high” COVID-19 incidence, measured at 100 or more new cases per 100,000 residents over two weeks.

• Meet the Glen Helen land manager

  By Reilly DixonMarch 2, 2022

  

  It’s a lot to look after: The Glen contains over 1,100 acres of land and a 15-mile network of footpaths. It’s home to deep-seated Indigenous histories, untold numbers of flora and fauna, geologies and ecologies, waterways and wildlife.

• Yellow Springs Development Corporation eyes membership, approach

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 26, 2022

  

  Some existential questions were on the table during the most recent meeting of the YSDC conducted via Zoom on Tuesday, Feb. 8.