From The Print Section :: Page 138

• For the 11th straight year— News wins top prize again

  By YS News StaffMarch 11, 2021

  

  The Yellow Springs News has once again been recognized by its peers for excellence in journalism, advertising and design. The News was awarded the top prize — Newspaper of the Year — in the 2021 Ohio News Media Association weekly newspaper contest.

• The Briar Patch— Life cycles of community

  By Cheryl DurgansMarch 10, 2021

  

  Yellow Springers will soon be asked to support efforts to either build a new school or improve the structures that are already in place through a new school levy. Up until three years ago, a school levy passing in Yellow Springs had been a no-brainer for several generations.

• Scam calls target vaccine information

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 8, 2021

  

  Greene County Public Health, or GCPH, recently announced that it has been alerted to the possibility of scam phone calls, texts and emails from people posing as public health officials.

• Health foods for YS — Rosie’s Natural Foods now open

  By YS News StaffMarch 6, 2021

  

  On Monday, March 1, Richlen opened Rosie’s Natural Foods at 142 Dayton St., having purchased Starflower Natural Foods from Marnie Neumann in early February.

• YS Development Corporation— Goals, behavior discussed

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 5, 2021

  

  Members of the quasi-governmental economic development group spent the majority of their last regular meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 2, discussing the organization’s purposes and goals as well as expectations for the content of group discussions.

• School facilities— Forum takes public pulse

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 4, 2021

  

  Questions about costs, the future of the Mills Lawn school property and recommendations by the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission dominated public comments last week during the first of three planned community forums to discuss the future of Yellow Springs’ public school buildings.

• Villager, realtor buys Millworks

  By Megan BachmanMarch 3, 2021

  

  At 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22, Allison Moody’s company closed on its purchase of the Millworks business center. By Tuesday morning, its muddy parking lot had a fresh coat of gravel.

• Downtown George Floyd mural vandalized

  By YS News StaffMarch 1, 2021

  

  The George Floyd mural in downtown Yellow Springs was discovered to be vandalized on Monday, March 1, around 11 a.m. White paint was apparently flung onto the mural, obscuring Floyd’s face as it appeared on the wall in Kieth’s Alley.

• COVID-19 vaccinations— Governor urges ‘persistence’

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 27, 2021

  

  Speaking at a press briefing from his Cedarville Township home on Tuesday, Feb. 16, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he understands that some Ohioans are impatient with the pace of vaccination.

• Annual Gaunt event honors foundation, author

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 26, 2021

  

  The third annual Wheeling Gaunt Community Service Award presentation event, sponsored by the Wheeling Gaunt Sculpture Project Committee and the YS Arts Council, was held virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 23.