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• Facilities survey— Many reluctant to hike taxes

  By Carol SimmonsMay 21, 2021

  

  The results of a new survey that polled Yellow Springs school district voters about their views concerning local school facilities — and the anticipated $30 million to $35 million cost to undertake major renovations or build new — suggest a dilemma for district leaders.

• The Briar Patch— Zoning battles, a Mother’s Day story

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 20, 2021

  

  It is in the spirit of these Black mothers I say Happy Mother’s Day. Keep fighting the good fight for social justice and change.

• South end development— County approves annex

  By Megan BachmanMay 19, 2021

  

  During their regular meeting on April 29, the Greene County Board of Commissioners unanimously granted an annexation petition from Oberer Land Developers to add their 34 acres of land in Miami Township to the southern edge of Yellow Springs.

• Planning Commission— ‘Safari Place’ approved

  By Megan BachmanMay 17, 2021

  

  A new local business is looking to host car shows and charity events, sell cars and campers and run area kayak tours.

• ‘Celebration and solidarity’— Panel to discuss AAPI heritage

  By Lauren ShowsMay 14, 2021

  

  At home in Yellow Springs, as elsewhere in the country, community members of AAPI heritage are making plans to use this month as a bolster to speak out against racism — but also to acknowledge and celebrate the diversity of culture that Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders living in Yellow Springs bring to their village.

• Return of the Magi(cicada)

  By YS News StaffMay 13, 2021

  

  By now, many of us are aware that southwestern Ohio will experience a mass emergence of periodical cicadas (Magicicada species) this Spring. Here are a couple of scientific tidbits and fun facts that may be just enough to impress your friends and maybe win a round of trivia or two.

• New MLS principal named

  By Carol SimmonsMay 12, 2021

  

  Megan Winston, a vice principal at Xenia High School, is expected to be approved at this week’s regular Yellow Springs school board meeting as the next principal at Mills Lawn Elementary School.

• Community Supported Art— ‘Shares’ connect artists, patrons

  By Reilly DixonMay 10, 2021

  

  Developed last year and launching for its inaugural season this summer, the Yellow Springs-based community supported art program will provide art lovers with a new way to support independent makers and artists.

• Miami Township— Old firehouse utility fees in dispute

  By Carol Simmons

  

  There is a question about who is responsible for the utility fees after the YSDC announced the pending sale to Chappelle in December until the final closing in March. The YSDC thinks the Township is still responsible; the Township disagrees.

• Little Thunders— Decolonization isn’t a metaphor

  By YS News StaffMay 9, 2021

  

  “The people who created the original lies about the Indigenous, the colonists, aren’t alive any longer, but the system they left in place favors a few, and not for the benefit of the many — certainly not for the benefit of future generations.”