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Jun
06
2025

The Agraria Farm is a 138-acre educational and research farm — located at 131 E. Enon Road — that studies and demonstrates the benefits of regenerative practices. (Photo by Reilly Dixon)

Agraria grows slow and steady

Over the last two years, Agraria has steadily rebuilt its operations, maintaining a steadfast volunteer base to continue working the farm and restart its educational programming.

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  •   School board honors district retirees

    “We are losing such an incredible cohort of staff and educators this year,” school board President Rebecca Potter said. “Having an impact on others at such a formative age, an impact that they’ll never forget — the teachers and staff members who are retiring have done just that.”

  •   School leaders urge against budget cap

    The budget bill — passed by the Ohio House in April — will, if passed by the Senate as written, affect Ohio’s public school districts by eschewing the Fair School Funding Act, which aims to address the state’s overwhelming reliance on local property taxes to fund public schools.

  •   Huber hired as new Mills Lawn principal

    Becca Huber addresses faculty, staff and community members gathered Monday, April 21, at Mills Lawn.YS Schools announced yesterday that it has hired Becca Huber as the next principal for Mills Lawn Elementary School, beginning Aug. 1.

Economy (archives)

  •   Low-income housing project not selected for funding

    The Ohio Housing Finance Agency's recent announcement means that plans to build a 60-unit apartment complex — one that would have provided rentals for individuals who fall between 30% and 80% of the area median income — are now stalled indefinitely.

  •   Get stuck at Vytality Blu Health and Medspa

    Located at 888 Dayton St., suite 111, Vytality Blu was launched by area residents Paul Adongo and Jennifer Phillips late last year with a simple goal — to make Yellow Springs residents healthier in body and mind.

  •   Villagers sound off on proposed apartments at Antioch College

    Responding to sizable public dissatisfaction regarding the 128-unit density on the two acres at the Antioch College student union site, Windsor CEO Alex Dorsey proposed, near the end of the most recent Planning Commission meeting, a reduction to 96 units at that location.

Village Life (archives)

  •   New Senior Center van to expand programming access

    When the Rev. Dr. Wesley Matthews founded the Senior Center in 1959, it was with a view to enhancing the quality of life for local senior residents. A major part of that view, Executive Director Caroline Mullin told the News this week, was transportation.

  •   Still hungry?

    The "Who's Hungry?" program started out with meals once a week and grew to twice a week, and has since fed hundreds of local folks at no cost. Expenses have continued to rise, however, and the program is in need of donations.

  •   Villager to swim English Channel

    Yellow Springs resident Amy Wamsley will soon begin her journey toward becoming only the second Ohio woman since the 1970s to attempt swimming the English Channel.

Government (archives)

  •   Rescinding previous offer, Township Trustees now commit $50k to land trust

    The Miami Township Trustees again turned discussion at their recent regular meeting Monday, May 19, to setting aside funding to help local nonprofit Tecumseh Land Trust fund conservation easements on farmland just outside the village on Dayton-Yellow Springs Road.

  •   Village aims to annex 84 acres into Yellow Springs limits

    At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, May 5, the group authorized a resolution that could soon grow Yellow Springs’ physical size by 84 acres — the latest effort of several in recent months to expand municipal limits.

  •   Miami Township Trustees commit $127k to Tecumseh Land Trust

    Ultimately — with a 2–1 vote — the three-member board approved a resolution to set aside $127,419 from its general fund to be used “for the exclusive purpose to fund [the trustees’] commitment to partner with the Tecumseh Land Trust to acquire conservation easements on all or part of the township parcels referred to as the [Welch] Farm.’”

Obituaries (archives)

  •   Barry Dillon

    It is with a wounded heart I write of my brother, Barry Dillon’s passing.

  •   Ryan T. Botkin

    Ryan T. Botkin, 44, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on April 25, 2024, as the result of a tragic automobile accident involving a drunk driver.

  •   Melanie Rose (Bauer) Acton

    Melanie Rose (Bauer) Acton, 83, of Yellow Springs, passed away peacefully at Friends Care Community on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 7:10 p.m., after a courageous battle with a malignant brain tumor. Melanie lived a life centered on love, family and community.

  •   Denny M. Powell II

    Miami Township Fire-Rescue Chief Denny M. Powell II passed away at Greene Memorial Hospital on April 15, 2025, after suffering a cardiac arrest due to a brief illness.

  •   John Fiske Wing

    John Fiske Wing, 93, passed away on April 17, 2025, in Dayton, Ohio.

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Sports (archives)

  •   Bulldog Sports Round-Up | May 23, 2025

    For the first time since 2019, the Yellow Springs High School girls team won the Metro Buckeye Conference Track Championship.

  •   Bulldog Sports Round-Up | May 16, 2025

    "The depth of the girls team was strongly evident with second-place finishes by Liliana Herzog (100 hurdles), Tiger Collins (high jump) and the 1600-meter relay team of Elise Bongorno, Herzog, Hapgood and Violet Matteson."

  •   Bulldog Sports Round-Up | May 9, 2025

    "The Yellow Springs High School boys and girls track teams avoided the rain last Friday night at the Mechanicsburg Invitational. The girls squad finished in third place among the eight team field while the boys earned a fifth-place finish."

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