A memorial service for Ruth Bean will be held Saturday, Oct. 23, 1 p.m., at the Glen Helen Building. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Yellow Springs Community Foundation for the Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center Endowment.

Floyd E. “Catfish” Merritt of Xenia died May 30. He was a member of Yellow Springs Lodge #279, I.O.O.F., and a former Morris Bean employee. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, at A House of Prayer in Xenia. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice […]

Albert L. “Bud” Burden, age 75, of Xenia, passed away Monday, Oct. 11, at Hospice of Dayton. He was born March 14, 1935 in Osborn, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his mother and step-father Ruth and Richard Hoag Sr., formerly of Yellow Springs; his father Albert A. Burden, formerly of Dayton; brothers Richard […]

Helen L. Nehez died peacefully on Sept. 21 at Friends Care Community surrounded by her loving family. She was 87. Helen was born Dec. 23, 1922, in Clairton, Pa., three months after her parents, the late Steve and Zsofia Sumegi, immigrated to the United States from Hungary on the Laconia II through Ellis Island. She […]

Edward Relt Eckenrode III, beloved husband of Samantha (Williams) Eckenrode, died at home in Yellow Springs on May 25. Born in Harrisburg, Pa., Eddie first came to the Dayton area in 1963 to attend the Dayton Art Institute, or DAI, which was then part of the University of Dayton. At DAI, his teachers included New […]

Girls soccer battles back to win The girls soccer team triumphed over visiting Stivers on Wednesday, Oct. 6 by a score of 2–1. Just five minutes into the game, Stivers went up 1–0. But the Lady Bulldogs fought back, taking 12 shots on goal in the first half and allowing only one. YSHS freshman Sharde […]

The semi-annual Art Stroll, an evening of informal art and entertainment downtown, will take place on Friday, Oct. 15, from 6 to 9 p.m. This fall’s stroll will be held in honor of Eddie Eckenrode, who helped organize the first stroll in 1996, and who died in May.*

Antioch College invites the community to join in the Founders Day celebration this weekend, Oct. 15–16, to celebrate the college’s revival.

  Warm-weather seekers from the surrounding region surged into Yellow Springs for Saturday’s fall Street Fair. Kids went straight for the young fuzzy alpacas and the sand and henna art fundraiser for the Yellow Springs High School class of 2012, while others took an interest in hand-made jewelry, shea butter products and bonzai plantings. And […]

The Yellow Springs High School boys and girls cross country teams faced runners from Xenia Christian, Xenia and Greeneview at their home course on Thursday, finishing in first and second place, respectively.