From The Print Section :: Page 97

• 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.”

• From internment camps to Antioch

  By YS News StaffMay 7, 2021

  

  Antioch College was one of several hundred colleges and universities that offered to educate American citizens with Japanese heritage.

• Utility-scale solar firm applies for state permit

  By Megan BachmanMay 6, 2021

  

  A Texas company looking to build a 1,500-acre, 175-megawatt solar power project in Greene County has applied for a permit.

• Sankofa Talk — The New Jim Crow Playbook, again

  By Bomani MoyendaMay 5, 2021

  

  “I am writing this just a few hours after the jury in the Derek Chauvin murder trial went into deliberations. There very well may be a verdict by the time this is published. It has been a blood-curdling experience listening to the defense attorney grasping for straws in his attempt to win the day for his client.”

• Mills Lawn School principal finalists named

  By Carol SimmonsMay 4, 2021

  

  The school district announced earlier this week that a 12-member interview committee had selected Cheryl Lowe, a fifth-grade teacher at the school, and Megan Winston, an assistant principal at Xenia High School, as the top candidates.

• News from the Past

  By YS News StaffMay 3, 2021

  

  In last week’s “News from the Past” column, contributing writer Don Hollister did another dive into the YS News archives and compiled some of the more compelling headlines that occurred in past Marches and Aprils.

• Yellow Springs schools— Plan addresses learning losses

  By Carol SimmonsMay 2, 2021

  

  Concerned about the educational setbacks experienced by students during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ohio Department of Education has required all districts in the state to submit a document detailing how they plan to assess and then address potential learning losses or delays.

• ‘Pet project’— Donation assures dog park’s future

  By Reilly DixonApril 28, 2021

  

  Area residents — both two- and four-legged — will soon have something to wag their tails about: the long-anticipated Yellow Springs Dog Park is set to open at Gaunt Park this September.