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• Village elders reflect on the Black experience, Pt. I

  By Cheryl DurgansNovember 29, 2021

  

  Longtime villagers Frances Smith and Geneva Brisbane reflected on their experiences with racism and segregation during the “Elders Speak” virtual event held last month. The event was sponsored by The 365 Project.

• Extended Coverage | Planning Commission sends Oberer plans to Village Council

  By Reilly DixonNovember 28, 2021

  

  At its Tuesday, Nov. 9, regular meeting, held via Zoom, Village Planning Commission approved a conditional use application submitted by Oberer Land Developers to rezone 52.6 acres in southern Yellow Springs to accommodate a 140-unit residential neighborhood.

• Neighbors split on 1,500-acre Kingwood Solar field project

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 27, 2021

  

  An estimated 300 people crowded into the Expo Center at the Greene County Fairgrounds on Monday evening, Nov. 15, for a public hearing on the proposed 1,500-acre Kingwood Solar field project.

• Budget deficit forecasted for Village Schools

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 26, 2021

  

  After finishing the last two fiscal years with revenues higher than expenditures, Yellow Springs school leaders anticipate a return to deficit spending this fiscal year (FY), which ends June 30, 2022, according to the district’s latest five-year financial forecast.

• James Gerard Alexander

  By YS News StaffNovember 25, 2021

  

  James Gerard Alexander, 90, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed in peace on Nov. 16, 2021.

• Herbert Calvin Thomas Jr.

  By YS News Staff

  

  Herbert Calvin Thomas Jr., 63, of Urbana, Ohio, died on Nov. 17, 2021, at Maria Joseph Center in Dayton, Ohio.

• Grace Ann Thompson

  By YS News Staff

  

  Grace Ann Thompson, 90, passed away on Nov. 13, 2021, in Springfield, Ohio.

• Village to buy Lawson Place apartments

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 23, 2021

  

  In their regular Nov. 15 meeting, held virtually via Zoom, Village Council approved two measures allowing Village Manager Josué Salmerón to purchase an apartment building located at 10 Lawson Place.

• Five Clifton Village Council seats unfilled

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 20, 2021

  

  Nov. 2 election results that left the Village of Clifton with five of six Village Council seats unfilled for terms beginning Jan. 1 is being attributed to the small number of residents combined with state certification rules for office-seekers.

• Artist Profile | ‘Mapping the void’ with steel and wood

  By Reilly DixonNovember 19, 2021

  

  Somewhere among the heaps of rusty scrap metal and mounds of sawdust in his small garage, local artist and fourth-generation welder Seth Ratliff has honed a craft that’s allowed him to find order in all the chaos.