What is the best strategy for economic development in Yellow Springs? What role, if any, should the nonprofit group Community Resources play in advising the Village on development? What stands in the way of Community Resources and Village Council working together?

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The YSHS boys baksetball team was sailing through the season answering to no one until the Bulldogs went up against the Cedarville Indians on Saturday, Jan. 16, and had their first loss of the season 69–49.

In autumn of 2008 a group of former Antioch College faculty, staff and students launched Nonstop Antioch, a radical educational experiment aimed at preserving the traditions and values of the college even after the campus was closed. The effort, supported by the college alumni board, offered classes and workshops to both traditional and non-traditional students in village churches, homes and cafés.

From the middle of a field, the land looks different than the view from the road. Seen from the land owner’s perspective, the way the growers see it, one can just begin to understand what the birds and foxes see — open space without borders. That is also perhaps the way that painters and poets see the land when they articulate why it is so loved and valued.

A narrow victory for new Yellow Springs Board of Education leaders at the board’s Jan. 14 organizational meeting reflects a deep division among board members about how best to address the significant challenges facing the board.

John Ferritto died Thursday, Jan. 7. He was the conductor of the Springfield Symphony for 30 years. He and his wife, Marcia Ferritto, and their daughter, Annie Fullard, violinist of the Cavani Quartet, performed often in Yellow Springs and were important early contributors to Chamber Music Yellow Springs. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 11, […]

Joseph W. Waddle of Yellow Springs died Tuesday, Jan. 5. He was 94. Joseph was born May 2, 1915, in Clark County. He was a retired school teacher with Wayne High School. Joseph was a member of the Cedarville Presbyterian Church, a graduate of Cedarville College and attended Ohio State. He belonged to American Legion […]

A memorial service for Brian D. Manny will be held Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. The service will take place at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Yellow Springs, located at 2884 U.S. Route 68 North.

Eleanor F. Brown Rountree of Springfield died Friday, Jan. 1, after a lengthy illness. She was 89.