After being put on pause at the start of the pandemic, the local Beloved Community Project resumed its monthly free community meals at First Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Oct. 21.

Mail-in early voting ballots returned to Yellow Springs residents who requested them early this month contained an error, which stated that voters select only two candidates for Village Council; there are three open seats to be filled. Corrected mail-in early voting ballots are set to be received by Yellow Springs voters this week if they have not already been received, and are available to be picked up this week at the Greene County board of Elections office.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 18 and 19, the James A. McKee Association held its traditional Candidates Night Forum events in the Mills Lawn gym in anticipation of the upcoming Nov. 7 election.

Teacher, photographer, storyteller, loving husband and father, and longtime resident of Moss Beach and San Francisco, Alec Duncan passed away peacefully early in the morning of Oct. 3, 2023, with his son Will at his bedside, after a sudden illness.

Linda Kay Coffman Hanover passed away peacefully Oct. 19, 2023, surrounded by those who loved her.

Carl “Doug/Dougie” Douglas Lowe, born May 24, 1941, passed peacefully with his wife, Sarah, of 46 years, by his side on the morning of Oct. 22, 2023.

Mary Ann Combs Seeley Cole, aged 89, passed away peacefully Monday, Oct. 16, at Onion Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Austin, Texas, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s; and battle she did.

Stanley W. “Stan” Bailey passed away peacefully Oct. 20, 2023, in Springfield, Ohio, at the age of 93. He was born April 11, 1930, in Springfield.

Susan Jane Eklund-Leen, M.Ed., Ph.D., age 69, of Kettering, Ohio, passed away at home on Oct. 17, 2023.

Joyce D. Merritt, age 86, of Xenia, passed away Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at Xenia Health and Rehab, with her daughter by her side.