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Col. John Hazen Blakelock
Colonel John Hazen Blakelock, USAF Retired, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1922, son of Brigadier General and Mrs. David H. Blakelock. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical...
View ArticleTeacher misconduct probed
A 25-year-veteran of Yellow Springs public schools is currently under investigation by the Yellow Springs Police Department regarding alleged sexual misconduct with a student. According to a Nov. 24...
View ArticleJewel Graham
Longtime villager and Antioch College faculty member Jewel Graham, 90, died on Monday, Nov. 30. An obituary will be in next week’s News.
View ArticleVillage Council— Council recognizes Roosevelt
At Village Council’s meeting on Nov. 16, Council unanimously passed a resolution honoring Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt, who is leaving the job the end of December. The resolution cites...
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Elizabeth (Betty) Dawson
Elizabeth (Betty) H. Dawson, age 98, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. She was born in Greenville, Ohio, to the late Ora B. Harmon and Margaret Beam Harmon Sharp. She came to Yellow...
View ArticleA lone ranger for Glen Helen
The quiet hum of natural life is a powerful force, said George Bieri, the Glen’s land manager, and the Glen offers many people the opportunity to immerse themselves in the solace it affords. But on the...
View ArticleMacbeth honored for Oten Gallery
Alan Macbeth was studying art at Ohio State University in the 1960s when he decided to drop out of school and move to Yellow Springs. A little house right downtown on Xenia Avenue was for rent, and he...
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Feeding a family of 400
This year’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner was the biggest one yet, according to organizers, with about 400 villagers sharing dishes and eating together on Thanksgiving Day. The event, organized by the...
View ArticleAntioch’s next president sees big promise in college’s challenges
Antioch College’s next president, Thomas Manley, has a quiet, even gentle voice. He’s not afraid of the thoughtful pause, both before and after speaking. He weighs his words like the student of poetry...
View ArticleRoosevelt tenure: healing wounds, raising the college
When Mark Roosevelt was a newly elected Massachusetts state legislator in 1986, he was asked to be lead sponsor of a bill that would prohibit housing and employment discrimination against gays and...
View ArticleLakelynn Sheley
Lakelynn Ayers Sheley, who was with us on this earth for three hours, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, at Mary Rutan Hospital. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Jeffrey...
View ArticleBulldog Sports Round-up — Dec. 10, 2015
Volleyball follow-up Even the most resolute juggernaut has to rest sometimes. Godzilla slumbers in the sea, Dracula rests in his coffin, and YSHS athletes have likewise had a few weeks of downtime,...
View ArticleRuth Holyoke
Ruth Holyoke, of Yellow Springs, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, at Friends Care. A detailed obituary will appear in the Dec. 17 issue of the News.
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Dr. Arthur Lewis Solomon
submitted photo by Jonathan SolomonDr. Arthur Lewis Solomon, 97, a former college professor, actor and poet, died in his home in Federal Way, Wash., on Nov. 23, 2015. He is survived by his loving...
View ArticlePresidential send-off
Several hundred people from the Antioch College and Yellow Springs community gathered last Thursday at Herndon Gallery to honor outgoing president Mark Roosevelt and his wife, Dorothy. A variety of...
View ArticleLocal business— Take Yellow over Black Friday
Despite an overall decrease in dollars spent for the second year in a row, Black Friday shopping unfolded pretty much as expected nationwide: fistfights broke out in two separate malls in Kentucky, a...
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Jewel Freeman Graham
“I have lived not only my life but the life of my times.” Precious Jewel Freeman Graham, retired professor of social work at Antioch College, died at her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on Nov. 30. She...
View ArticleClasses are new focus of pot shop
Its incorporation this past summer as a nonprofit organization was a defining marker in the 40-year history of John Bryan Community Pottery. More than a book-keeping designation, the tax-exempt status...
View ArticleBack to Now reprises, surprises
Springboro resident Marilyn Grounds had an “aha” moment visiting her son in East Nashville this summer. Browsing the city’s shops and finding unusual items that she loved, she realized that she wanted...
View ArticleOuthoofin’ Rudolph
Dayton musician Tumust Allison and his daughter, Angel, added to the holiday spirit last weekend in downtown Yellow Springs. A former villager, Allison is leader of the music group Serious Young...
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