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• A new farm is hit with tragedy

  By Megan BachmanJune 20, 2019

  

  Last month, a whiteboard in the heated greenhouse at Oasis Aqua Farms in Beavercreek Township boasted a variety of fresh, organically grown greens and herbs available that day. Then came the tornado.

• Pirates keep up winning streak

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  Despite last week’s return of wet weather playing havoc with the rec baseball schedule, the Tom’s Market Pirates solidified their early season minor league lead, winning a pair of games to remain undefeated at 4-0.

• Carl Douglas

  By YS News Staff

  

  Carl Douglas, of Yellow Springs, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2019, in Dayton. He was 79.

• ‘Green death’ and other invasives

  By Audrey HackettJune 13, 2019

  

  Drew Diehl calls it “the Green Death.” Pervasive in many areas, a single non-native species of honeysuckle — Amur honeysuckle — has transformed the local landscape over the last 30 years.

• School board considers sale of land

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A recently conducted land-use study of property owned by Yellow Springs Schools concluded that the district has about 23 acres of “underutilized land” that “could be considered for subdivision and redevelopment as residential properties.”

• Get a whiff of this—Awaken Essential Oils set to open

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  Grapefruit, sandalwood, mandarin, sweet orange, lemon, clary sage, ylang ylang and rose. The organic extractions rush to meet the senses when opening one of Stephanie Palmer’s hand-blended essential oils. She calls it “Injoy.”

• Play ball, already!— 150-year-old game finally fielded

  By Guest Contributor

  

  It took 150 years to make up the game after it was rained out, but on Friday, May 31, the Cincinnati Red Stockings finally prevailed 14–7 over the local Antioch Nine on the Antioch College campus. 

• Carlson renewed as YSPD chief

  By Megan Bachman

  

  At its regular meeting on Monday, June 3, Village Council renewed the contract of Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson for another year.

• Sweet Fair

  By YS News Staff

  

  This year’s annual Spring Street Fair drew somewhat smaller crowds than usual.

• Adorable new season tees off

  By Jimmy Chesire

  

  I got to Gaunt Park later than I planned and was delighted: there were 120 people spread out on their blankets, in their chairs, on both diamonds.