Council nears water softening vote
Village Council is close to approving a water softening component to its proposed new water plant, slated for construction in 2016. The softening method favored by Council is one that reduces the...
View ArticleScout holds BSA to its own core values
After taking 80-mile bike trips and camping in 14-degree-below-zero weather, local Eagle Scout Lake Miller is turning to his next activity with the Boy Scouts — ending discrimination in the nationwide...
View ArticleGroup addresses race issues
Are people of color targeted by police here? Are African-American students in school punished worse than their white counterparts? Are racial minorities discriminated against in downtown stores? Is...
View ArticleVillage Council— Landlords protest change
At Village Council’s March 16 meeting, Council members heard a second full-throated protest by local landlords to a proposed new Village policy holding landlords responsible for their tenants’ utility...
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Kathryn Ann Merrill
Kathryn Ann Merrill died Sunday, March 22. She was born Jan. 9,1935, in Hollywood, Calif. She attended Oberlin, Ohio State, the University of Illinois and the Suzuki Institute of Motsomoto, Japan. She...
View ArticleClifton’s Nature Center highlights gorge
As a state nature preserve, the Clifton Gorge is managed for the primary purpose of protecting its unique land formations and native ecology. And as one of the most popular of Ohio Central District’s...
View ArticleAim is for a zero-waste Village
Is it possible to not produce any garbage — or purchase any stuff — for one year? A Vancouver couple did just that in 2009, and now it’s inspiring Yellow Springers to cut their waste too. The film...
View ArticleEgg Scramble
About 100 youth gathered at Gaunt Park Saturday afternoon for the annual community Easter egg hunt, sponsored by Central Chapel A.M.E. Church, whose Youth Group stuffed candy into over 1,500 eggs....
View ArticleMostly warnings on YSPD late shift
POLICE MATTERS This is the fourth in a series of articles examining the local police department and its relationship to the village. At 11 p.m. on Friday night Yellow Springs Police officer Jessica...
View ArticleMixed Mamas explore identity
People of mixed racial heritage face different challenges than most when figuring out their identify, but all of us are negotiating our identity all of the time, according to Jocelyn Robinson. That’s...
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John ‘Jack’ Waite
John ‘Jack’ Waite On March 27, John H. Waite, M.D., surrounded by his family, peacefully passed away in Baton Rouge, La. John “Jack” Waite was born to Genevieve and Henry Chester Waite II on Aug. 6,...
View Article‘Godspell’ sings of community
In 1970, Jon Michael Tebelak, a young gay playwright and student at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, attended Easter services at an upscale Catholic church, wearing his usual t-shirt and jeans. After the...
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Protecting kids from Internet danger
Are local children and teens making themselves vulnerable to dangerous sexual predators by what they share on social media? And are local parents doing enough to monitor their kids’ online behavior to...
View ArticleHigh-speed internet discussed as Village utility
• Click here to read the itinerary of the MVECA Fiber Forum on April 25. Turn on a light, you want it to come on. Plug in a refrigerator, you expect it to keep your food cold. We don’t even think...
View ArticleOhio approves school testing waiver
Yellow Springs public school students are one big step closer to taking significantly fewer standardized tests next school year, as the state of Ohio approved the district’s assessment waiver...
View ArticleCouncil and Trustees meet— Strategic planning considered
At a special joint meeting between Village Council and the Miami Township Trustees on March 30, leaders discussed how best to step up strategic planning for the Village and Township, in order to...
View ArticleFiber Forum: Municipal Broadband Network
• Return to the article, “High-speed internet discussed as Village utility.” Topics and speakers: • Welcome and introduction – Tim Barhorst, Chair, Springs-Net • Keynote: “Why Local Government...
View ArticleVillage Council— Landlords held responsible for utilities
A topic that has dominated Council discussions the past several months appeared resolved on Monday night, when Council members unanimously supported a proposed change in Village policy that makes...
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Women’s voices out loud
More than 20 local women sang, danced, told stories and read poems at the 36th Annual Women’s Voices Out Loud performance on Saturday. This year’s event was held at the Foundry Theater, its third...
View ArticleBulldog Sports Round-Up
TENNIS Tennis sweeps opponent 5–0 The YSHS tennis team took all five courts yesterday at its home opener against Spring Valley Academy. Augie Knemeyer, Kasey Linkhart, and Peter Day dominated the...
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