Nov
22
2024

Articles by Audrey Hackett :: Page 35

  • Trump wins; local precincts remain unreported

    Defying pundits and polls, Donald Trump turned the election map red last night, winning in the battleground states.

  • Public records, by request

    Village employees Kathy Gudgel, left, and Judy Kintner are primarily responsible for providing public access to Village government records through the Clerk of Council’s office. A recent influx of public records requests has kept things hopping. Here, they are pictured with boxes of retired records in a staff supply closet — the “seamy underbelly” of the records office, Clerk Kintner said. (Photo by Audrey Hackett)

    Several recent public records requests have picked up the pace at the Clerk of Council’s office, which is responsible for maintaining Village records and fulfilling requests from the public for access to them.

  • MLS hosts Town Hall meeting

    In the run-up to Election Day, Mills Lawn students recently grilled two area candidates on the issues.

  • Yellow Springs takes part in nationwide reading— Play asks, Can it happen here?

    Yellow Springs is taking part in a nationwide staged reading of a new adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s political novel, “It Can’t Happen Here.” More than 40 venues will host readings of the play on Monday, Oct. 24, with our local reading scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Yellow Springs library. The Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California is organizing the nationwide event; Yellow Springs organizers are Ara Beal and Lorrie Sparrow-Knapp. (Image courtesy of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre)

    A prescient novel from 1935 is getting new life as a touchstone for our current presidential season.

  • Outside inspiration

    Pictured here are three members of the Arts and Culture Commission, which presents the award, John Fleming, Brittany Baum and Brian Housh, together with artists Holyoke and Seidl. (Commission member AJ Warren is not pictured.) photo by Audrey Hackett

    Beth Holyoke and Kaethi Seidl were honored with this fall’s Village Inspiration and Design Award.

  • They’re villagers, thanks to Google

    Dorothy Dean and Jarod Rogers moved to Yellow Springs in July of 2015, seeking to be closer to Rogers’ eight-year-old daughters, who live with their mother in Columbus. The couple are enjoying the trees and casual feeling in the neighborhood of their new home, where they relaxed with their dogs Sita and Dicey on a recent weekend. (Photo by Audrey Hackett)

    A simple Google search brought Dorothy Dean and Jarod Rogers to Yellow Springs. “I literally Googled, ‘What is the most liberal town in Ohio?’” Dean recalled, laughing, in a recent interview.

  • Honoring Little Miami Trail bikeway boosters

    Ed Dressler spoke to a small crowd at last Saturday’s 25th anniversary celebration of the opening of the local portion of the Little Miami Scenic Trail. Dressler and Marcia Sauer were honored at the event for their pivotal role in making the local bikeway a reality. Former Village Council member and trail proponent Connie Crockett organized the celebration. (Photo by Audrey Hackett)

    Once controversial but now widely used, the local bike path turned 25 this fall. A small ceremony marking that milestone was held in front of the Train Station last Saturday

  • Library to provide space for NaNoWriMo

    Beginning next Tuesday, Nov. 1, the local library will provide quiet space on Tuesday nights, Nov. 1–29, for National Novel Writing Month participants.

  • A look at the 2017 projected Village budget

    At Village Council’s Oct. 3 meeting, Council members heard an overview of the 2017 Village budgets for enterprise, capital and special revenue funds.

  • Celebrate bike path anniversary

    A free event at the Yellow Springs Train Station this Saturday, Oct. 15, at 11 a.m. celebrates the 25th anniversary of the local portion of the Little Miami Scenic Trail. All welcome.

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