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• Caribbean-inspired restaurant Calypso Grill for sale

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 4, 2024

  

  Calypso Grill is up for sale — but if you’re a regular customer of the Caribbean-inspired restaurant, worry not: it remains open for business as usual.

• 91.3 WYSO awarded $5 million to preserve HBCU radio archives

  By Cheryl DurgansMarch 3, 2024

  

  A $5 million grant was recently awarded to 91.3 WYSO to fund the preservation of radio station archives for the 29 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, in the U.S. with a radio station.

• Fundraiser for Palestinian aid organization set

  By YS News StaffMarch 1, 2024

  

  A soup supper fundraiser to raise funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, will take place Saturday, March 2, 5:30–7:30 p.m., in the social room of Rockford Chapel on the Antioch College campus.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Poetry in motion

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “Things fall apart, the center cannot hold. Burst pipes and a new sediment filter set me back $600. I hope I can maintain the house above freezing through February and early March, but we will have to see.”

• Gailz Tattooz draws to a close

  By Truth GarrettFebruary 29, 2024

  

  Tucked away on Glen Street, Gailz Tattooz has operated for nearly three decades, leaving an indelible mark not only on the skin of its patrons but also on the fabric of the community itself.

• Glen Helen meets $4.25 million campaign goal

  By YS News Staff

  

  The Glen Helen Association has announced the completion of its $4.25 million campaign, launched in June 2020, to purchase Glen Helen Nature Preserve from Antioch College, reopen the preserve to the public and more.

• Attempt to censure school board member stalls

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 27, 2024

  

  A special meeting of the YS school board — scheduled Thursday, Feb. 15, in order to discuss and vote on the censure of a board member — ended about eight minutes after it started due to a lack of quorum.

• News from the Past | Villagers save Whitehall Farm

  By YS News StaffFebruary 26, 2024

  

  As the result of communitywide activism and campaigning, villagers raised $1.2 million to save the 940-acre Whitehall Farm from development.

• Jonathan Richman to perform at Foundry Theater

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 25, 2024

  

  The Foundry Theater at Antioch College continues its 2023–24 live performance series on Tuesday, Feb. 27, when famed singer-songwriter and cult icon Jonathan Richman takes the stage for a bare-bones, acoustic set.

• Black-owned businesses thrive in Yellow Springs

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  Yellow Springs has seen a steep decline in its African American population,  from around 30% in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, to the current population of less than 12%, but Black businesses continue to thrive in the village.