Indians are Minor League champs
They did it again: the Minor League Winds Cafe Indians repeated as regular season champions, finishing the 2014 season with a 7–1 record after taking a pair of games last week to seal the top spot for...
View ArticleNew Herndon Gallery director— An artist of ‘scrappy resourcefulness’
After leaving the art world behind for two decades to pursue a career as a registered nurse, Jennifer Wenker, the new creative director of the Herndon Gallery at Antioch College, has returned to art...
View ArticleA balance of buskers and business in the village
While farmers’ market patrons shopped and mingled last Saturday morning, Scott Randall Lindberg picked his guitar for the crowd from nearby Kings Yard. The soft melodies fed through an amplifier wafted...
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Charles Murray Closz
Charles Murray Closz Charles Murray Closz, of Shenango On The Green, New Wilmington, Pa., formerly of Yellow Springs, died Saturday, July 26, at Shenango Presbyterian Senior Care in New Wilmington. He...
View ArticleShe led with her heart and her spirit
Becky Teilhet was beloved by many in the Yellow Springs community, known by family and friends for her unusually kind and generous nature. “Becky led with her heart and her spirit. She was drawn to...
View ArticleYellow Springs is SWAT member
In recent years, there has been increased awareness of the growing number of SWAT team raids in this country. Since the 1980s, police departments’ use of SWAT has risen about 1,500 percent, resulting...
View ArticleA birthday wish for the manatees
Mackenzie Horton was ecstatic when she turned 9 years old in May and didn’t receive any birthday presents. Instead Mackenzie received exactly what she wanted for her birthday — to help save an animal...
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Debbie Cushman
Deborah (Debbie) Louise Cushman, of Springfield, left this earth in the presence of loved ones on Saturday, Aug. 2. She was 63. Debbie was born June 11, 1951, in Fort Meade, Md., and grew up in...
View ArticleYellow Springs village revenues higher than expected
A mid-year budget review at Village Council’s July 21 meeting offered good news regarding Village general fund revenues. The general fund provides funding for most Village services other than...
View ArticleNew business offers Body Wisdom
When Julie Pies and Patti Mielziner returned to Ohio to be closer to their immediate family, they hoped that their newly opened bodywork practice in Yellow Springs, Body Wisdom, would help them to...
View ArticleT-ball’s sweet, goofy monster
Sophia Purdin, 3, has a flower tattoo painted on her face. She walks right up to me, her eyes shining, lifting her hands so they are as high as her ears. Then with her palms facing me, her fingers...
View ArticleDavid Case
David Case died on Sunday, Aug. 3. A full obituary will appear in a future issue of the News.
View ArticleFriendly fishing
Last Wednesday, July 28, Yellow Springs youth Sam Foster cast his line in the pond behind the Huber Heights Fraternal Order of Police and reeled in a tiny bluegill. His first two days at the “Police...
View ArticleMTFR still seeks property
Miami Township has been looking for a new home for its Fire-Rescue team for over three years, and this summer the land option they had banked on since 2011 fell through. The price of the former clinic...
View ArticleMinor League Pirates win in the end
All I can say is, “Wow!” What an incredible finish it was to the 2014 Minor League season. This was one of the most memorable finishes, in what can now be called the year of the “Pirate Express.” It...
View ArticleTownship to float levy renewal
Miami Township Trustees voted at their meeting this month to place a Township Fire-Rescue levy renewal on the ballot in November. The trustees chose a renewal, which does not increase taxes, for...
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M. Joyce Goodson
M. Joyce Goodson, of Yellow Springs, passed away on Friday Aug. 8. She was born Aug. 27, 1930, in Dayton, the daughter of the late Louis and Margaret (Gudgel) Goodson. She retired from Greene County...
View ArticleFired up on voting rights
A local community action group says that Ohio Rep. Rick Perales, in his first term representing western Greene County, has avoided scheduled meetings with them since he joined in approving changes in...
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David Adam Case
David Adams Case, of Yellow Springs, died peacefully on Aug. 3. He was 92. David was born in Rochester, N.Y., on March 31, 1922, and lived most of his youth on Staten Island, N.Y. He learned to sail on...
View ArticleHip-hop in the street this week
Village Fam may be Yellow Springs’ first hip-hop group, but they hope not to be its last. The group of born-and-raised villagers, now in their 20s, didn’t have access to local hip-hop shows when they...
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