18 apply for chief
When the Village stopped taking applications for the position of Yellow Springs police chief on Oct. 31, the municipality had 18 candidates from both inside the department and as far as Rhode Island,...
View ArticleReturns: CBE fails; library, fire levy win
Public funding for the Center for Business and Education, or CBE, went down with a resounding “No” on Election Day, with 64 percent of villagers voting against the public funding, and 36 percent voting...
View ArticleAntioch University moves to Midwest
The hallways at Antioch University Midwest rumbled with the sounds of moving furniture, artwork and people this week as the 40 Antioch University administrators formerly located across the street moved...
View ArticleArtists under lock and key
Put a Yellow Springs muralist, a Kettering city planner and a Columbus trash artist in a gallery. Add two boxes of random art materials. Allow them three tools apiece. Hire a videographer to record...
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James ‘Jake’ French Lehrer
Jake Lehrer James “Jake” French Lehrer died suddenly in Asheville, N.C. after a brief illness. He was 62. Jake was born in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1952, and was the son of John and Mary Janis (Wiesler)...
View ArticleArt & Soul: Art both high-quality and affordable
Those who can embrace the idea of a high-caliber art fair in an elementary school gym will be treated this Saturday to some of the finest and most striking pieces of local and regional art. Whether...
View ArticleRise against the green Glen invaders
If weeding the flower garden out back sounds bad, imagine weeding a forest. Then imagine that forest encircled by an army of invasive species that work so long and efficiently that they begin to take...
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Patricia ’Pat’ Martin Dell
Pat Dell (Photo by Axel Bahnsen) Patricia “Pat” Martin Dell died peacefully at home on Thursday, Nov. 13, from complications following a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 87. Born...
View ArticleWind up white
Yellow Springs was whited out, literally here near the Village Train Station, by the unseasonably early four inches of snow that villagers woke up to on Monday morning. Students were gleeful that...
View ArticleResident records police action
Yellow Springs Police acknowledged last week that the local department had made some errors when one of its officers allegedly used physical force against a citizen after responding to a call for...
View ArticleLocal authors at Blue Jacket
In the mid-1990s, Keith Doubt, then living and teaching in Missouri, became increasingly troubled by the war between Bosnians and Serbians. The New York Times was always a day or two late in the rural...
View ArticleYellow Springs Police find internal misconduct
An internal Yellow Springs Police investigation last week found that one of its officers exhibited two counts of improper conduct during an encounter with a villager on Nov. 5. The report finds that...
View ArticleHome for the holidays
More than 20 Home, Inc. volunteers and staff who helped paint the interior of the new home at 140 Cemetery St. on Saturday, Nov. 22. Included in the group was the Wyant family, who will live in the new...
View ArticleScientist finds new ash borer host
A local white fringe tree planted along the bike path is now famous as the first documented non-ash tree host of an invasive beetle that was thought to only prey upon ashes. Also famous is the local...
View ArticleVillage Council— A focus on police issues
Community concerns around the local police department, an alleged incident of police misconduct and the current police chief search were a focus at Village Council’s Nov. 17 meeting. No actions were...
View ArticleYellow Springs Schools’ open enrollment acts as a stabilizer
This year Yellow Springs schools currently have the highest enrollment the local district has seen since 1984. However, 23 percent of the students are commuting to Yellow Springs from their homes in...
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Balance of beaver, human needs
A detention basin along King Street has become an accidental wetland at the paws of furry, semi-aquatic rodents that recently moved into the village. Beavers have transformed a three-acre stormwater...
View ArticleFinalists named for Yellow Springs police chief
One week before closing the application deadline on Nov. 24, the Village narrowed its search for police chief significantly, naming two finalists out of the current pool of 18 applicants. Finalists...
View ArticleWind up white
Yellow Springs was whited out, literally here near the Village Train Station, by the unseasonably early four inches of snow that villagers woke up to on Monday morning. Students were gleeful that...
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