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• Discounts for locals at Emporium

  By YS News StaffJune 7, 2021

  

  After raising its prices on some goods to keep up with rising costs, the Emporium implemented the program to offset the price for locals.

• YS school board— Deficit delayed by one year

  By Carol SimmonsJune 5, 2021

  

  Revenue over the past 10 months is about $500,000 ahead of budgeted projections, while expenses are about $500,000 under budget.

• Review | Queer poems as Midwest field guide

  By Reilly DixonJune 3, 2021

  

  Sometimes pastoral, sometimes confessional, “evening primroses” roots out what it means to move through a changing landscape as a changing self.

• Planning Commission— Cresco to expand, add jobs

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  Local medical marijuana producer Cresco Labs is planning a $40 million expansion at its Yellow Springs facility over the next five years, with plans to add 140 jobs over that time.

• COVID-19 update— Greene goes down to ‘orange’

  By Megan BachmanJune 2, 2021

  

  In recent weeks, cases of COVID-19 in the county, and the state, have plummeted, and are now on par with levels seen during the summer of 2020. It’s been over two weeks since a new COVID-19 case was recorded in the 45387 area code.

• News from the Past — Memorial Day, 1958

  By Reilly DixonMay 31, 2021

  

  With two school bands, the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and Brownies made its traditional parade to Glen Forest Cemetery to hold Memorial Day services.

• School board OK’s new K–12 plan

  By Carol SimmonsMay 30, 2021

  

  The projected cost is about $35.5 million, though the district expects an eventual state reimbursement of 26%, more than $9.2 million.

• COVID-19 update— State health orders end June 2

  By Megan BachmanMay 29, 2021

  

  In Ohio, COVID-19 cases are falling. Vaccination eligibility is expanding. Masks are coming off. As a result, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced last week that most of the remaining health orders initially put in place last year will be lifted June 2.

• ‘Please Stand By’— Play captures pandemic year

  By Carol SimmonsMay 28, 2021

  

  “Please Stand By,” an approximately 60-minute work in one act, captures a year in the life of local students. But not just any year. The pandemic year, when previously normal life was put on hold, is the focus.

• Planning Commission— Home approved for classes

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  A conditional use application submitted by Theodora Stephan to build a 4,000-square-foot single-family dwelling with a large commercial kitchen for culinary classes and special dinner events was approved by the Village Planning Commission at its May 11 meeting.