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• Teacher vaccinations tied to reopening by March 1

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 24, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs students, whose instruction has been 100% online since the start of the 2020–21 school year, will return to the classroom — at least part time — no later than March 1.

• Little Thunders— Surviving our lessons

  By YS News StaffJanuary 21, 2021

  

  “In a thousand years from now, our stories will not be about creating the United States; they will be about surviving them.”

• School sports amid pandemic

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 19, 2021

  

  Although the Yellow Springs school district has yet to resume in-person classes, the athletic programs at YS High School and McKinney Middle School decided to field teams and conduct games as close as possible to regular season play.

• Efforts seek bail reform

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 17, 2021

  

  As of Tuesday afternoon last week, 225 people awaiting trial were being held at one of two Greene County jail facilities — the downtown jail and the Adult Detention Center. Many of those individuals remained behind bars over the holidays, lacking the bail money that allows release until a scheduled court date.

• COVID-19 update— Older residents next for vaccination

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 15, 2021

  

  On Friday, Jan. 8, Friends Care Community celebrated the arrival of pharmacy staff from CVS, there to administer the first round of COVID-19 vaccines.

• ‘Where do we go from here’— Martin Luther King Jr. Day program set

  By YS News StaffJanuary 14, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs will celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Jan. 18, with the traditional, in-person MLK Day March, but the MLK Day program following the march will be offered in an online format; those planning to attend the online program must register in advance.

• ‘small ohio town’— See filmmaker work-in-progress

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Filmmaker Steve Bognar wasn’t initially intending to document the life of a small town when he set out — but for over 12 years, that’s just what he’s done as he’s continued to film the cycles of Yellow Springs life.

• Rumpke now accepting some #5 plastics

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 13, 2021

  

  Beginning this month, villagers can divert a few more items away from their trash cans: Along with the previously accepted plastic items like bottles and jugs, Yellow Springs residents can now fill their recycling bins with fruit and yogurt cups and butter, sour cream, cottage cheese and whipped topping tubs.

• 2020 Year in Review: Miami Township

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 12, 2021

  

  In March, a five-year levy was renewed for Miami Township Fire-Rescue; the department took occupancy of a new firehouse in September.

• 2020 Year in Review: Feature Stories

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 11, 2021

  

  2020 was anything but ordinary. This year’s feature stories mostly covered all of the unique ways villagers coped with — and still managed to thrive despite — the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.