Yellow Springs’ past meets present in these historical composites. See a gallery after the jump.

Senior swimmers Erika Chick and Elizabeth Malone raced their final swims as Yellow Springs High School Bulldogs at the state finals on Friday night. They each brought home a top finish of seventh place.

When a grant for public radio stations to collaborate with independent media producers came across WYSO general manager Neenah Ellis’ desk, she saw that it would be a perfect opportunity to work with local award-winning documentarians Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar.

It’s a Friday night in Yellow Springs and a group of high school kids are looking for things to do. The typical, albeit caricatured, teenage banter is captured in a one-act play written by YSHS students Rory Papania and Lois Miller and will be performed at this year’s annual staging of student-written, student-directed pieces.

Feb. 23, 2012 Bulldog sports round-up

On the fringes of the jam band scene, local rock quartet Grover, blends funk, soul, and jazz. Watch a video and see a photo gallery after the jump.

Elizabeth Malone and Erika Chick didn’t leave their final district appearance disappointed. The duo qualified for the state finals in individual events for the fourth year in a row.

Feb. 16, 2012 Bulldog sports round-up.

Yellow Springs High School senior Jacob Trumbull committed last week to play soccer next year at Centre College in Danville, Ky., the culmination of more than a decade playing for local recreational, club and school teams.

Nick Ormes can rattle off from memory the animals he looks after on his 12-acre animal sanctuary on US 68. Abandoned or neglected by their owners, these animals faced a life of suffering or the slaughterhouse until Ormes, 58, stepped in to save them.