VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS PUBLIC MEETINGS

On Thursday, Sept. 23, local thespians took to the stage at the Yellow Springs Brewery’s Barrel Room for the inaugural “Bards & Brews” event.

Musicians took to stoops, stairs and back alleys for the villagewide event that made up Yellow Springs’ 2021 PorchFest.

Andrew Donald Jerison, always known as Andy, died on Aug. 29, 2021 from pancreatic cancer.

Moya Dale Shea passed away at home on Sept. 7, 2021, with her son, Jason, by her side.

Sidney Leonard, of Portland, Maine, passed away on Sept. 8 after a battle with cancer. She was 62.

In collaboration with 91.3-FM WYSO’s Eichelberger Center for Community Voices, the News is publishing excerpted transcripts from WYSO’s series “Loud As the Rolling Sea.”

On Saturday, Sept. 4, at the Yellow Springs Barrel Room, representatives from the Glen Helen Raptor Center held special presentations on the Center and its resident birds of prey.

The 365 Project recently concluded its 2021 “Blacks in Yellow Springs” walking tour season with “The African American History of Yellow Springs Schools.”

Cheryl Durgans has been named editor, Tim Walker will soon fill the role of advertising sales manager and Lynda Love Highlander has become the office and circulation manager.