Village Life Section :: Page 5

• Senior Center offers Medicare open enrollment consultations

  By Guest ContributorNovember 22, 2023

  

  This is more than the holiday season — it’s the season for Medicare open enrollment. And while that doesn’t have the same allure as Thanksgiving or Christmas, it carries a healthy significance for people aged 65 and older.

• Villagers build prairie nursery

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 20, 2023

  

  As the weather grows colder and Yellow Springs moves through fall and toward winter, one hope for future spring and summer is already planted and waiting in the Thistle Creek development, on the edge of the Glass Farm Wetland and Conservation Area.

• My Name Is Iden | Sometimes, it’s enough

  By Iden Crockett

  

  “Years of telling myself, every day, that I was a failure. That what I’d given of myself had made no difference. I hadn’t realized how badly I needed those words: ‘Baby, it was enough.'”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | On hats and sticks

  By Guest ContributorNovember 17, 2023

  

  We are teetering on the brink of fall. It is absolutely my favorite season in Ohio. Last year I discovered delicata squash, which changed my life. Goodness, they are delicious. This year, however, we haven’t planted any: they are exploding everywhere, and I reckon we have about 20, ranging from almost a foot long to about three inches.

• Yellow Springs Community Thanksgiving to return

  By Guest ContributorNovember 11, 2023

  

  The Yellow Springs Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be 2–4 p.m. Nov. 23 — yes, Thanksgiving day — at First Presbyterian Church, 314 Xenia Ave. The event will feature turkeys, traditional sides and vegan and vegetarian dishes, and is open to all.

• Annual flour, sugar delivery announced

  By YS News StaffNovember 10, 2023

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs Public Works Department crew will begin its annual delivery of flour and sugar to local widows and widowers on Monday, Nov. 20, and should complete deliveries by Wednesday, Nov. 22.

• Honoring the dead on Día de los Muertos

  By Guest ContributorNovember 9, 2023

  

  Los Días de los Muertos take place Nov. 1–2 each year. On those days, homage is paid to our loved ones who have passed away, and offerings are made for a deeper communion between the living and the dead.

• Poke Island under new ownership

  By Guest ContributorNovember 3, 2023

  

  Jessica Alt, a 1987 graduate of Yellow Springs High School whose family lives in the village, completed the purchase of the restaurant, renamed Jessica’s Poke Island, at 135 Dayton St. last month.

• My Name Is Iden | One inch at a time

  By Iden CrockettNovember 2, 2023

  

  Ask yourself, “Where is the fight?” It isn’t at the finish line. It is one step past the last.

• A beloved return

  By Carol SimmonsOctober 31, 2023

  

  After being put on pause at the start of the pandemic, the local Beloved Community Project resumed its monthly free community meals at First Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Oct. 21.