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• Yellow Springs Children’s Center earns five stars

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 19, 2020

  

  The five-star label is the highest possible rating assigned by Step Up to Quality, a statewide quality rating and improvement system administered jointly by the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

• Council weighs jail response

  By Megan Bachman

  

  At its March 3 regular meeting, Village Council hashed out a letter to the Greene County Commissioners on their proposal to build a new county jail.

• Prosecutor candidates offer competing visions

  By Megan BachmanMarch 16, 2020

  

  The prosecutor oversees a budget of around $2 million and a staff of 14 attorneys to represent the State of Ohio in all felony cases and juvenile crimes in the county and cases involving county agencies.

• MTFR seeks operating levy renewal

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Among the ballot issues local voters will decide Tuesday, March 17, is a 3.8-mill renewal levy for Miami Township Fire-Rescue operations.

• Catering to the village since 1983— Current Cuisine wins award

  By Megan BachmanMarch 13, 2020

  

  Current Cuisine’s owners, Karyn Stillwell-Current and Steve Current, are being honored for supporting — and feeding — their community.

• Biodigester loses zoning appeal

  By YS News StaffMarch 12, 2020

  

  An energy company’s attempts to keep its biodigester operating four miles west of Yellow Springs were shot down by a Bath Township zoning board last week.

• Issues with jail expansion

  By YS News Staff

  

  On Thursday, March 5, members of Greene County Citizens Against the Giant Jail Tax held a press conference in front of the county courthouse in Xenia.

• Encyclopedia highlights Black lives

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A “labor of love” — as well as a labor of memory, representation and community — hit a significant milestone in February with the completion and release of the first physical edition of “Blacks in Yellow Springs: A Community Encyclopedia.”

• Local food conference to return

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Successful farm-to-school programs. Stories from local farmers coping with climate change. Strategies for turning conventional farms organic. Those topics and more will be explored at “Growing Green 2020: Investing in Conservation and Local Food,” a joint conference of the Tecumseh Land Trust and Community Solutions.

• YS school board— Facilities task force concludes work

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Members of the district’s Facilities Task Force presented the group’s final report and concluded a year’s work exploring the needs of the district’s school buildings.