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At downtown’s Friday night kick off to Memorial Day Weekend, we found friends, good music, and a generous source of renewal.

Local Girl Scouts sponsor film on girl bullying

The eight members of local Girl Scout Troop 30349 have organized a community showing of Finding Kind, a documentary about girls bullying girls. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Bryan Center gym.
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First Baptist Church, 150 year in YS

The First Baptist Church celebrated their 150th anniversary this past weekend.
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BLOG – Barr Burn

Today’s blog showcases the MTFR squad and the Barr House demolition on Sunday, May 19.
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Jennifer Rosengarten exhibits at DVAC— Paintings blooming with color and life
Jennifer Rosengarten can’t remember a time when she didn’t make art. She can’t remember a time when she didn’t love color. And her passion for making art rich with color is currently on display at the Dayton Visual Arts Center.
Healing with rhythm “Prayerformance”
“Into the Dark Forest,” a one-woman “prayerformance” by Nicole Manieri, will be paired with the “Dance of Liberation” on Friday May 24.
Local artists get state grants
Yellow Springs artists won Ohio Arts Council grants in recognition of their ongoing pursuit of work of the highest caliber.

Guest learned by teaching
While the district will begin so-called project-based learning (PBL) next school year, Ellen Guest has been exploring similar methods for decades, squeezing in projects wherever she could. That’s one reason her retirement at the end of this school year is tinged with sadness.
Schools forecast solvent budgets
At their meeting Thursday, May 9, the Yellow Springs school board approved the rosiest five-year forecast that they’ve seen in the past three years.
High school honors top academics
Yellow Springs High School recognized many of its students, especially its seniors, at the annual scholarship awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 15.

Business brings foot fashion to YS
Yellow Springs is known for many unique products, but fashionable shoes isn’t one of them. Elaine Chappelle is trying to change that with her new boutique shoe store, Sweet Sanaa.
Ohio Brass & Electric to play Home, Inc. benefit
Ohio Brass & Electric, a new local 11-piece horn band will play at the Home, Inc. benefit “Springs Soiree” on Friday, May 3.
Little Art Theatre to screen final 35mm films
This weekend the Little Art Theatre will put on the "Last Reel Film Festival" featuring 35mm films before closing for three months for a complete renovation.

Phyllis Jackson to be honored
For years, Phyllis Lawson Jackson has been the “go-to” person for local history. The appeal of a historical perspective, she believes, is that even as history teaches us about the past, it also helps illuminate the present.
Business brings foot fashion to YS
Yellow Springs is known for many unique products, but fashionable shoes isn’t one of them. Elaine Chappelle is trying to change that with her new boutique shoe store, Sweet Sanaa.
A Proper English Tea
Sunday, April 28th’s Proper English Tea Senior Center fundrasier was a “thank you” from those who watched Downton Abbey this year on the Senior Center’s big screen TV. Those who attended the tea, both young and old, enjoyed fancy hats, antique tea pots, delicious finger foods donated by villagers, beautiful linens and of course, the [...]

Village Council— Zoning gets more flexible
Village Council made a host of alterations to the Village zoning code during a special meeting Monday devoted to the current rewrite of the Village’s central planning document.
Greene County jury indicts local burglars
Two local burglary suspects Oliver Simons and Bianca Stone Chappelle were indicted last week by a Greene County grand jury on felony charges related to nine thefts that occurred in Yellow Springs since January. The two former Yellow Springs residents were arrested on May 8 and served today in Greene County Jail, where they are [...]
Police issue arrest warrant
There have been nine burglaries and two attempted break-ins since January. Police are investigating a possible suspect.

Johnson memorial held
James Johnson of Yellow Springs died May 21. He was 92. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 10–11 a.m., at First Baptist Church, followed by a celebration of life, from 11 a.m.–noon. Interment will follow at Dayton National Cemetery. A full obituary will appear in the May 30 issue of the News.
Jeanette R. Wiggins
Jeanette R. Wiggins passed away peacefully, Saturday, March 23, at Friends Care Community, Yellow Springs. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 18 at 1 p.m. at Jackson Lytle & Lewis Funeral Home in Yellow Springs, with Rev. Timothy Liggins officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be held from noon until the [...]
Joseph Carl Holly
Joseph Carl Holly, 86, of Yellow Springs, passed away Tuesday, May 14, at Liberty Nursing Center. He was born September 21, 1926, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Magdalene Bittner Holly. He was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church and owned and operated Joe Holly’s Cleaners in Yellow Springs for over [...]

BLOG – Garden Time!
The nooks and crannies throughout the Village that often get overlooked. Today’s blog is showcasing a few pictures from last weekend at Antioch's Farm and from the community garden at Bill Duncan Park last summer.
BLOG – Tea Pavilion
The nooks and crannies throughout the Village that often get overlooked. Today’s blog showcases the tea pavilion that is being rebuilt on the farm on Antioch College's campus. This weekend volunteers worked to complete the wood wall.
Tea pavilion construction continues
Construction of a tea pavilion began on the Antioch College campus last year. The project will continue on Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, as volunteers work to complete a cordwood and mortar wall and realize the rain harvesting system

Athletes to play in college
Six YSHS seniors committed to play sports in college at a ceremony last week.
Bulldog sports round-up
Girls track wins Bulldog Invite Three of the seven meet records smashed at Saturday’s Bulldog Invitational were made by the winning Yellow Springs Bulldogs. The feats were accompanied by victories in the discus, mile and 3200-meter runs resulting in the Lady Bulldogs running up a 54-point margin over the second-place Crusaders from Xenia Christian. Senior [...]
May 9, 2013 Bulldog sports round-up
May 9, 2013 Bulldog sports round-up