It was the year Martin Van Buren became the eighth president of the United States. Two months after his inauguration, New York City’s major banks failed, igniting the “Panic of 1837.” And in that same year, right here in Yellow Springs, the United Methodist Church held its first meetings.

The Antioch School held its recently-revived Anything On Wheels fundraising event Sept. 23.

In June the YSCC board learned that its annual funding through United Way of Greater Dayton had been cut from about $16,000 down to $700 for the 2012–13 and 2013–14 fiscal years.

Susan Gartner is one of several residents of the Davis/Whiteman/Phillips Street area who have made block parties a spirited annual event in their neighborhood.

Yellow Springs will celebrate Independence day with a parade, a patriotic band concert and, of course, fireworks.

Local public radio station WYSO showed off its new studios and celebrated its power increase to 50,000 watts last Sunday, June 24 with an all-day open house.

What have we gotten ourselves into? That is what I’m wondering, as I look at all the wonderful submissions of animal companions.

The tradition of “clapping out” graduating sixth-graders involves them walking a friendly gauntlet through the school halls past clapping, hooting and cheering kids, on their way back to their MLS classrooms for the last time.

McKinney school students celebrated their graduation to status of high schoolers last Thursday, May 31.

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