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The world of COVID-19 — Seniors learn to adapt
An aging community, Yellow Springs is rich in elders, including many in their 80s and beyond who remain active and engaged. Some volunteer at local nonprofits, practice yoga at the Senior Center and...
View ArticleMills Lawn elementary school principal to leave district
Matt Housh, principal of Mills Lawn elementary school for the past decade, announced in a letter to school families Tuesday, April 7, that he has accepted a position with Huber Heights City Schools and...
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Local farmers eye uncertainty
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View ArticleHelp for local tenants, landlords
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered all residents to “stay at home” beginning March 23. But how secure is that home for renters who saw dramatic changes in their financial situation when nonessential...
View ArticleFurloughs, pay cuts at Antioch
Antioch College has enacted sweeping furloughs, hour reductions and pay cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As many as 27 staff employees have been furloughed, meaning their jobs have been...
View ArticleDelays, confusion in primary
As the deadline for voting in Ohio’s 2020 primary election nears, Greene County voters are reporting worrisome waits in receiving their requested absentee ballots as well as confusion around sometimes...
View ArticleVillage Council meetings go virtual
Three people were personally present in Council chambers on Monday, April 6, for Yellow Springs Village Council’s first full meeting since in-person gatherings were limited during the coronavirus...
View ArticleFloral gifts
Daria Mabra of Glen Garden Gifts distributed several dozen flowers in vases, buckets and jars around downtown Friday afternoon, April 2, after an anonymous buyer paid to brighten up many a people’s...
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50 years on: Earth Day in Yellow Springs
It was the first Earth Day, April 1970, and the environmentally conscious village of Yellow Springs commemorated it in local fashion — that is, a combination of serious intellectual study, theatrical...
View ArticleUnemployment woes in village
When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine mandated that all elective surgeries be suspended on March 17, Jillian Marshall, a nurse at Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital, figured that she’d better start lining up her work...
View ArticleAmid pandemic, art is a gift
An artist’s life is filled with ups and downs. Ideas come and go. People respond to your work, or not. Opportunities to create and share art come flooding in, or suddenly seem hard to come by. And...
View ArticleSankofa Talk — Fighting ’til the last day
by Bomani Moyenda When I was asked to call a meeting to bring people together to talk about strategizing to defeat Issue 12, the jail tax levy on the March 17 primary election ballot, I must admit I...
View ArticleDavid Roy Erskine
David Roy Erskine died at home in Yellow Springs on April 15 at the age of 85. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Peggy Ann George Erskine; his daughter, Elizabeth Ann Erskine Zumwalt (John); and...
View ArticleVillager dies of COVID-19
Village resident Matthew Huntington has died from COVID-19. Huntington, 50, died Saturday, April 18, at Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek, where he battled the disease for more than two weeks....
View ArticlePrimary Election 2020 — Unofficial results in; jail tax fails
Unofficial elections results are in for Ohio’s unprecedented mail-in primary. All ballots received by the Greene County Board of Elections by 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, have been counted,...
View ArticleStudents adapt to remote learning
[See image gallery at ysnews.com] Local parents Chris and Kate Hamilton have three children — a daughter in ninth grade, a son in seventh and another son in fifth — one in each of Yellow Spring’ three...
View ArticleVillage Council declares state of emergency
At its April 20 virtual meeting, Village Council unanimously passed a resolution declaring a state of emergency in Yellow Springs due to the coronavirus crisis. The resolution states that because of...
View ArticleGlen Helen faces uncertainty
Amid financial losses and uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, can Antioch College continue to support Glen Helen? College and Glen leaders are pondering that question in light of recent furloughs, hour...
View ArticlePandemic stressors affect mental health
A global pandemic. The words alone are frightening, the fodder of horror films and dystopian novels. It’s no surprise, then, that the current medical crisis of COVID-19, while physical in nature,...
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Alice Rutledge McKinney
Alice Rutledge McKinney, 91, passed away of natural causes on March 19, 2020, in Eugene, Ore., after a long, exceptional life. OBIT: Alice Rutledge McKinney Alice was an inquisitive intellectual,...
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