Village Life Section :: Page 43

• Yellow Springs celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility

  By Cheryl DurgansApril 17, 2022

  

  The message relayed through the village’s first Transgender Day of Visibility Celebration, or TDOV, held at the Coretta Scott King Center on Antioch’s campus on March 31 was clear: There is love and support for transgender people here in Yellow Springs.

• Mary’s Way construction stalled

  By Jessica ThomasApril 14, 2022

  

  Mary’s Way, named after the late Mary Donahoe, covers land that was donated by Derick Donahoe, land on Agraria’s property and land purchased from Yellow Springs School District by the Village of Yellow Springs.

• COVID Update | April 14, 2022

  By YS News Staff

  

  The CDC now recommends that those who are immunocompromised and/or 50 years of age or older get an additional booster shot four months after their first booster.

• COVID Update | April 7, 2022

  By YS News StaffApril 7, 2022

  

  COVID-19 case numbers continued a mostly downward trend last week, with new cases decreasing slightly across Ohio, while the number of new hospitalizations and deaths increased.

• A brief history of Omar Circle

  By Cheryl DurgansApril 3, 2022

  

  One of the nation’s few housing subdivisions built by an African American developer is nestled in a location that spans 21.2-acres and includes houses situated across the street from Yellow Springs High School, and just down the road from Gaunt Park.

• Council passes ‘six inches of separation’ post-pandemic protocol

  By YS News StaffApril 1, 2022

  

  Village Council’s passing of the post-pandemic protocol mandating 6-inches of separation has villagers up in (each other’s) arms.

• 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.”