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  • Yellow Springs Community rallies after fatal fire

    By Carol SimmonsSeptember 6, 2018

    Firefighters worked to extingush a house fire at 1436 Glen View Drive on Friday, Aug. 24, that left a 26-year-old disabled man dead and his grandmother hospitalized. (Photo by Megan Bachman)f

    Nearly a week after a local house fire claimed the life of a Yellow Springs man and hospitalized an elder relative, fire officials continue to investigate the cause, while the community rallies around the grieving family.

  • Village Council — Vernay cleanup plan probed

    By Megan Bachman

    Groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents and volatile organic compounds at levels above EPA drinking water standards from the former Vernay rubber parts manufacturing facility on Dayton Street has spread eastward across Wright Street and Suncrest Drive. Soil contamination at the site is concentrated in an area near the two former plants, where chlorinated solvents used to degrease metal parts were disposed, and at the front of a property, where a common pesticide was used. Contamination is also present in the the storm sewers (and the backfill surrounding them), which continue to transport pollutants off the property. (Map was generated using data and maps from cleanup oversight firm EHS Technology Group of Dayton)

    A member of the Yellow Springs Environmental Commission urged Village Council at its Aug. 20 meeting to weigh in on a plan to clean up a highly contaminated industrial site in the village.

  • Unsung civil rights activist remembered

    By Guest Contributor

    In an effort to bring civil rights activist Bayard Rustin’s story out of the shadows of history, a series of events, including multiple performances of an oratorio about the activist’s life, will be presented in early September.

  • Volleyball team bests league rivals

    By Carol Simmons

    Olivia Snoddy, Annlyn Foster and Aaliyah Longshaw concentrate as they wait for a serve during the YSHS varsity volleyball team’s home game Thursday, Aug. 30, against Middletown Christian. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    Although school was closed last Monday for the Labor Day holiday, the high school gymnasium was bouncing as the varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams showed up for a morning practice.

  • Old, new friends return to CMYS

    By Guest Contributor

    The Akropolis Reed Quintet, “old friends” from CMYS in years past, will open the season on Sept. 23. (Photo by Gary Norman)

    Chamber Music in Yellow Springs has announced its 35th season, bringing a variety of ensembles — “Old Friends, New Friends” — to audiences in the Miami Valley.

  • Hearing process complete; Meister demoted

    By Megan Bachman

    YSPD Officer David Meister

    On Monday, Aug. 27, Yellow Springs Police Officer David Meister was officially disciplined by Village Manager Patti Bates.

  • Antioch College recognized for sustainability practices

    By Guest Contributor

    The college’s first crew of four-legged lawnmowers in 2015, shown with Farm Manager Kat Christen and then-student and Farm Assistant Alli King. (YS News file photo)

    Antioch College has been recognized as a top performer in the 2018 Sustainable Campus Index, achieving a second-place rating in top performing institutions for grounds.

  • Thomas Charlton

    By YS News StaffAugust 30, 2018

    Thomas Charlton

    Thomas Charlton, 94, of Southern Shores, N.C., passed away Aug. 22, 2018, in Kitty Hawk, N.C.

  • First day, second grade

    By Carol Simmons

    Mills Lawn second-graders lined up outside the school’s front door on a sunny Friday morning, Aug. 24. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    Second-graders line up in front of Mills Lawn School on the first day of school.

  • Bike trail connector plans on a roll

    By Megan Bachman

    A long-envisioned bike path connecting the villages of Yellow Springs and Clifton shifted up a gear recently.

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