Village Life Section :: Page 41

• COVID Update | March 31, 2022

  By YS News StaffMarch 31, 2022

  

  COVID-19 numbers continued to hearten health officials last week, with new case numbers rising slightly in Ohio while decreasing in Greene County, and the number of new hospitalizations and deaths going down across the state and locally.

• Planning Commission approves new village farm

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A proposal for a small farm and adjacent farm goods store within the village was given the green light, with several caveats, by the Yellow Springs Planning Commission.

• A historical walking tour of downtown Yellow Springs

  By Guest ContributorMarch 29, 2022

  

  The edifices that line the central throughways in the heart of the village form a patchwork of design and structure. The structures are quirky, asymmetrical and kaleidoscopic in color — the squat skyline, seldom rising above two stories, is jagged and sundry.

• My Name Is Iden | Finding my voice

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “I now see passing for what it is: a fear-induced response to internalized transphobia. I wanted to pass because I was afraid to be seen as transgender.”

• Tackling trauma, teaching resiliency

  By Cheryl DurgansMarch 28, 2022

  

  This article is a follow up to the Feb. 25 News story, “Learning the nature of trauma,” in which Whitacre told the News that trauma is often misunderstood.

• Jim Malarkey contextualizes conflict in Ukraine

  By Cheryl DurgansMarch 26, 2022

  

  The News followed up with Malarkey to get his views on the latest developments, and to discuss key factors that Malarkey believes contributed to the war.

• COVID Update | March 24, 2022

  By YS News StaffMarch 24, 2022

  

  The state’s number of new cases tallied from Thursday, March 10, through Thursday March 17, were 3,605, with the total number of active cases reported by the ODH on the 17th at 4,923.

• Yellow Springs buys sludge press

  By Reilly DixonMarch 23, 2022

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs is now the proud owner of a nine-ton, seven-foot-tall sludge press. Its purpose? Simply put, to squeeze out any remaining water from the biosolids that run through our municipal water and wastewater treatment plant.

• COVID Update | March 17, 2022

  By YS News StaffMarch 17, 2022

  

  According to data disseminated by the Ohio Department of Health, COVID-19 numbers across the state continued to decline over the past full week, with Greene County numbers also reflecting a downward trend.

• Down to Earth | The allure of local nature

  By YS News StaffMarch 13, 2022

  

  “What is it about nature and its allure? Why do some of us feel pulled to rush into the lush wildness that lies apart from the busyness of our societal spaces?”