Yellow Springs teachers and students gave their impressions of a recent visit to model school High Tech High as a lead-up to the district’s first community sharing event of the project-based education they’re in the process of adopting.

Yellow Springs schools are delayed by two hours Wednesday, Jan. 23, because of extremely cold temperatures.

Yellow Springs schools and the Antioch School are closed because of snow, slick conditions and cold temperatures.

Yellow Springs residents and family members Mike Fleishman, Joanne Caputo and Max Fleishman recently released “My Little AlphaButts,” an app for iPod that aims to teach children the alphabet … in an untraditional way. The app’s interactive alphabet features illustrated letter shapes and sounds that are positively flatulent.

In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday today, Monday, Jan. 20, village offices, schools and the News will be closed.

In the wake of a chemical spill in W.Va., Antioch College students organized a water drive on campus last week.

This week I open and close the Yellow Springs Winter Market. The 2014 market runs 9am to 11:30am each Saturday from January through March at 202 S Winter Street.

The Yellow Springs Schools Board of Education announced at 2 p.m. today that all evening activities are canceled due to snow. Sports games may be rescheduled; please check notifications and calendars for updates.

Yellow Springs resident Sharen Neuhardt will be Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald’s running mate in November’s election.

A rare 1970 film “King: A Filmed Record” that uses archival news footage will be shown locally as part of MLK Day events.