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From The Print Section :: Page 20

  • Yellow Springs Schools— District faces funding cuts, uncertainty

    By Carol SimmonsJune 11, 2020

    A $300 million cut in funding to Ohio schools this fiscal year, announced by Gov. Mike DeWine in May, will mean the loss of more than $140,000 in anticipated revenue for Yellow Springs Schools over May and June, according to state and district administrators.

  • Antioch to sell Glen Helen to local nonprofit

    By Audrey HackettJune 10, 2020

    Birch Creek cascades, five dry days later. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Antioch College and the Glen Helen Association announced on Wednesday that they have finalized an “agreement in principle” to transfer Glen Helen Nature Preserve from the college to the GHA. The purchase price is $2.5 million, payable over 10 years.

  • No deal yet on Glen Helen

    By Audrey HackettJune 9, 2020

    After more than 50 years in an environment that was never meant for large conifers, the Glen’s pine forest appers to be thinning to extinction. (Photo by Jeff Simons)

    The fate of Glen Helen remains uncertain this week, with no deal yet between Antioch College and the Glen Helen Association, or GHA, a nonprofit group separate from the college.

  • Crash victim known for kindness, heart

    By Carol Simmons

    Abstracts by local artists Martin Borchers will be on display in a collaborative show, “Artifacts of Vacuity,” at The Winds Cafe that opens Jan. 15. (photos by Aaron Zaremsky)

    By all accounts, Martin Harold Benedict Borchers was in a pretty good place in his life Wednesday morning, May 27, before the car he was driving went off the right side of a narrow country road and hit a utility pole head on.

  • Village merchants launch ‘Uplift YS’ fund

    By Megan BachmanJune 5, 2020

    Fearing the future of their shops, and the entire downtown, a group of merchants has banded together to launch the campaign in partnership with the Yellow Springs Community Foundation.

  • Justice delayed

    By YS News StaffJune 4, 2020

    Yellow Springs was one of more than 350 cities and towns across the country to hold a demonstration after the killing of George Floyd by police in Minnesota earlier in the week.

  • Speakers focus on hope, resilience

    By Carol Simmons

    There’s no denying that the class of 2020 has had a difficult, and in many ways disappointing, finish to the academic year. But the two new graduates chosen to speak for their class at Wednesday evening’s commencement ceremony are focusing on resilience, compassion and hope as they move into the next chapter of their lives.

  • COVID-19 update— Nursing homes vulnerable

    By Audrey Hackett

    Nursing homes across Ohio have adopted similar measures, and all have been operating under visitor restrictions since ordered to do so by the state health department on March 13.

  • Yellow Springs Schools— Mills Lawn principal selected

    By Carol SimmonsJune 3, 2020

    During a special online meeting of the Yellow Springs school board Wednesday, May 20, the board unanimously approved a two-year contract for Michelle Person, who will be coming to the district from Cleveland schools effective Aug. 1.

  • New efforts to avoid evictions

    By Megan Bachman

    To keep villagers’ housing stable during the current public health and economic crisis, Village Council is considering several steps to protect local renters.