Local 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 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 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 ArticleDec. 4, 2014 Bulldog sports round-up
YSHS Basketball Girls varsity opens season 1–1 A combination of Elizabeth Smith’s scoring and Shanice Wright’s dominance on the boards gave the Yellow Springs High School girls varsity basketball team...
View ArticleAnne Chalfant
Anne Chalfant died in her home in Yellow Springs. Her passing was not expected. Mrs. Chalfant was the mother of Craig Mesure, and “Nana” to Windom and Harper Mesure and Alice Miller. A memorial will be...
View ArticleNew Elements has some ‘Soul’
While Constantina Clark never opened the store she dreamed up for King’s Yard — with its capes, fountains and crystal fireplaces — a bath and body shop in its place is fulfilling her vision, she said...
View ArticleExcise tax on new hotel debated
At their Nov. 17 meeting Village Council members considered whether to impose a 3 percent excise tax on customers at the Mills Park Hotel when it opens in mid-2015. This was a continuation of an...
View ArticleAnne Chalfant
Anne Chalfant died in her home in Yellow Springs. Her passing was not expected. Mrs. Chalfant was the mother of Craig Mesure, and “Nana” to Windom and Harper Mesure and Alice Miller. A memorial will be...
View ArticleConference at AUMidwest— A day of disability awareness
Dara Cosby doesn’t want a life that revolves around her disability. But the 33-year-old Centerville woman with cerebral palsy encounters a new challenge every day, whether it’s pulling herself out of...
View ArticleNew officers in second careers
Jessica Frazier had a good idea of the things law enforcement officers could do when police helped her family on several occasions as she was growing up in Florida. Originally from Montgomery County,...
View ArticleInterim chief urges Task Force
At a special budget session preceding Village Council’s Nov. 17 meeting, Council received a memo from Interim Police Chief Dave Hale in which he considered various cost-cutting measures for the police...
View ArticleNonprofit wants new home
This month the owners of a home on Phillips Street asked Village Planning Commission for permission to use the property as the professional offices of the Morgan Family Foundation. The conditional use...
View ArticlePrudence Jane Deeter
Prudence Jane Deeter, of Hillsboro, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Highland District Hospital. She was 78. Prudence Jane was born in Dayton on July 27, 1936, the daughter of the late...
View ArticleBack street boys
The public works of local artists are part of a new street art exhibit, “TAG! Territorial Negotiations,” curated from the streets of Yellow Springs by Antioch College art faculty and staff. A reception...
View ArticlePining for Christmas
Yellow Springs High School students pulled on their boots and wool hats this weekend to reinaugurate the annual School Forest Christmas tree sale that’s been on hiatus for two years due to failing...
View ArticleVillage Council— New AVM on the job soon
At their Dec. 1 meeting, Village Council members unanimously approved a contract with John Yung of Cincinnati as the new assistant Village manager. Yung, 31, currently works as zoning administrator for...
View ArticleVillage chock full of holiday events
The downtown is decorated, the village Christmas trees have been lighted, and the holiday season has kicked into high gear. There seems to be something festive to see or do in the community each day...
View ArticleWinter warmth
Teddy Horvath cozied up to Santa Claus at the Yellow Springs United Methodist Church’s annual pancake breakfast with Santa on Saturday, while other children made tree ornaments and other holiday...
View ArticleFood Pantry has holiday needs
Some things have changed in the 11 years since Patty McAllister began running the Yellow Springs Food Pantry out of the basement of the United Methodist Church. There are more young people with...
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Donald J. Davidson
Donald J. Davidson, New York, N.Y., died Dec. 3 after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Born Sept. 24, 1934, in Gentryville, Ind., to the late Dorothy Eberhardt Davidson and Harvey Harrison Davidson,...
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