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The annual spring clean-up week will return to the village in a few weeks.

Clean-up week coming soon

The annual spring clean-up week will be held Monday–Friday, May 6–10. During that week, household items, large and small, placed at the curb with regular trash pick-up will be removed for free by Rumpke. This service is available to Village solid waste customers only.

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Web Features

Film on nuclear weapons testing to screen

During Earth Week in Yellow Springs, a new documentary film will screen on the infamous Castle Bravo nuclear test and the history and legacy of U.S. nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific.
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Water the focus of ‘Earth Week’ at Antioch College

A series of Earth Day-related events on the Antioch College campus next week invites the entire community to “Wade In” on environmental justice, particularly in relationship to water.
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Sheriff investigating villager’s death as homicide

The recently discovered death of Yellow Springs resident Leonid “Lonya” Clark’s is being investigated as a homicide, Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer announced at a press conference Wednesday morning, April 17.
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Arts (archives)

Animated documentary at the Little Art—The tragic history of nuclear testing
On the morning of March 1, 1954, on an island in the central Pacific, the United States detonated the most powerful atomic bomb it would ever test. In less than a second, the 15-megaton blast irradiated the island chain, as well as 23 Japanese fishermen on a fishing boat.
Antioch College’s Earth Week—All are invited to ‘wade in’
A series of Earth Day-related events on the Antioch College campus next week invites the entire community to “Wade In” on environmental justice, particularly in relationship to water.
Kyleen Downes sings — A popular musical ‘Friend’
Kyleen Downes is my friend.” More than just a T-shirt slogan, it’s an inevitable vibe that results from meeting the ebullient singer-songwriter or hearing her perform.But yes, you can get the T-shirt, too.

Village Schools (archives)

Yellow Springs Board of Education Meeting
Executive Session, Thursday, April 18
School board—Hatert gets 3-year contract
In a special meeting Thursday morning, March 21, the Yellow Springs school board unanimously approved Jack Hatert as the new principal at Yellow Springs High School/McKinney Middle School, beginning the 2019–20 school year.
Yellow Springs Schools—Facilities task force begins work
An 11-member task force assigned to develop a plan for addressing local school facility needs — both now and in the future — is beginning its work by seeking opinions from the community.

Economy (archives)

Forest Village Homes—Home, Inc. expands to rentals
How hard is it to find an affordable, accessible rental in Yellow Springs? Ask Nick Cunningham, a medal-winning Paralympic athlete and the current president of the Village’s Human Relations Commission, or HRC.
Small change—the sudden popularity of the ‘tiny, tiny house’ movement
Make some room, but not too much, for the Tiny, Tiny House movement.
Launch party slated for ‘The Can Hand’— Local inventor shows can-do spirit
Local inventor presents a multi-tasking tool for the beverage wielder, a coozie worn on the back of your hand, freeing fingers for other uses.

Village Life (archives)

Council makes offer to VM candidate
Yellow Springs may soon have a new Village manager.After four finalists for the position visited town last week, Village Council has made an offer to one of the candidates, the News confirmed this week.
The social utopia of the ‘Mystic Knights’
It was during the late 1970s at an idyllic riverfront property in Clifton that a group of Yellow Springers came to form a legendary, diverse social club.
Antioch College’s Earth Week—All are invited to ‘wade in’
A series of Earth Day-related events on the Antioch College campus next week invites the entire community to “Wade In” on environmental justice, particularly in relationship to water.

Government (archives)

Body in Glen identified—Villager’s death investigated as homicide
A body found Friday afternoon, April 12, in Glen Helen Nature Preserve has been identified by authorities as missing Yellow Springs resident Leonid “Lonya” Clark.
Council makes offer to VM candidate
Yellow Springs may soon have a new Village manager.After four finalists for the position visited town last week, Village Council has made an offer to one of the candidates, the News confirmed this week.
Major gas line fix underway
A major gas line replacement project has started in Yellow Springs. Over the next eight months, nearly two miles of natural gas mains and 140 service lines will be replaced here, according to a recent press release from Vectren Energy Delivery.

Obituaries (archives)

Terry Snider
A celebration of the life of Terry Snider will be held Saturday, May 4, beginning at 3 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church.
Mary Donahoe
A celebration of the life of Mary Donahoe will be held Sunday, May 19, 2 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Yellow Springs.
Leonid ‘Lonya’ Clark
Our friends, family and village should know that Lonya has left us.

Higher Education (archives)

Antioch College—Progress made after protest
Over the last two weeks, some Antioch College students have not been attending class to show support for student demands to change the way sexual offenses and incidents of racial discrimination are handled at the college.
Antioch College—Students seek SOPP reform
Earlier this week on the Antioch College campus, students, faculty, administrators and trustees engaged in negotiations around the implementation of two campus policies.
Food, clothing drive at Antioch to feature speakers
The People’s Congress of Resistance, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and Antioch College’s newly founded, first-ever Black Student Union will hold a clothing and food drive on Friday, Feb. 22, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Coretta Scott King Center. The collection event will feature two speakers.

Sports (archives)

April 18, 2019 Bulldog sports round-up
April 11, 2019 Bulldog sports round-up
April 11, 2019 Bulldog sports round-up
April 11, 2019 Bulldog sports round-up
Bulldog track boasts larger squads
Both the boys and girls track squads this spring boast the largest number of participants in several years — the boys squad has 21 athletes while the girls boast a robust squad of 17 participants.