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• 2021 in Review | Village Life

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 6, 2022

  

  Villagers kicked off the new year differently as they moved into 2021; with the annual ball drop canceled due to the ongoing pandemic.

• 2021 in Review | Top Stories

  By YS News Staff

  

  Oberer development plan sparks concerns; the COVID-19 pandemic continues; WYSO plans to move into the Union School House; the school facilities levy fails; Kingwood Solar discussions continue.

• What inspired you in 2021?

  By YS News StaffJanuary 5, 2022

  

  The annual tradition of polling YS News readers for meditations on a query has always tread a certain patch of earth. At the end of every year, we’re looking for a snapshot of your life — what made it better, worse, stranger, stronger.

• New bread from age-old process

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 4, 2022

  

  Local baker James Luckett and farmer Jon Branstrator recently discussed a experimental bread they’ve cooked up together — a sourdough that incorporates nixtamalized blue corn.

• Down to Earth — Tecumseh Land Trust and affordable housing

  By YS News StaffJanuary 3, 2022

  

  “Affordable housing, farmland preservation and native habitat conservation — are they mutually exclusive?”

• Village elders reflect on the Black experience, Pt. III

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  This is the final article in a three-part series featuring African American elders who live in Yellow Springs.

• My Name Is Iden — No Time Like Present Time

  By Guest ContributorDecember 28, 2021

  

  “The particular time that has set my neurons churning is, of course, that interminable period between Thanksgiving and the climax of the holidays, Present Time.”

• My Name Is Iden — What’s in a name?

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “This will be a place for stories, thoughts, memories and feelings. I hope that there will be something in all of that mess that is universal and meaningful.”

• Yellow Springs New Year’s Eve Ball Drop canceled

  By YS News StaffDecember 27, 2021

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs’ New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, typically held in downtown each year, has been canceled. 

• COVID-19 Update — December 23, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 23, 2021

  

  Deaths in Ohio since the start of the pandemic surpassed 28,000 on Friday, Dec. 16. Deaths in the U.S. have exceeded 800,000, according to Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, the director of the Ohio Department of Health.