Features

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  My Name Is Iden | The limits of metaphor

  
  
  

  “We are not books, but we do have stories, and nothing ruins a story like certainty. I hope I am writing a good one.”

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  Emergent Verse | Private matters

  
  
  

  Readers may remember Audrey Hackett as not only a former reporter for the Yellow Springs News, but also the writer of “First Lines,” a poetry column she penned for a couple of years.

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  Trustees bid Chief Altman farewell

  
  
  

  Following an executive session, the trustees later voted to appoint current Assistant Fire Chief Dennis Powell to the position of  interim fire chief, effective Friday, Aug. 11, beginning at 5 p.m.

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  Yellow Springs Film Festival to debut this fall

  
  
  

  The Yellow Springs Film Festival will debut Oct. 6–8, with film screenings at the Little Art Theatre and special events at the Foundry Theater and Crome Architecture.

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  Shakespeare goes drag in ‘SHREW!’

  
  
  

  On Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18 and 19, in the John Bryan Community Center, the Yellow Springs Theater Company will debut a flamboyant rendition of William Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew.” 

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  COVID vaccine supply changing distribution

  
  
  

  In a recent press release from the Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, the department’s director, offered assurances that the COVID-19 vaccine will continue to be readily available to Ohioans, including the uninsured, as the vaccine supply moves to a more traditional healthcare distribution model in the next month.

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  Ohio Special Election Results | Issue 1 defeated

  
  
  

  According to unofficial election results posted on the website of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose Wednesday morning, Aug. 9, the ballot initiative was defeated 1,744,094 votes (57.01%) to  1,315,346 (42.99%) votes.

Village Council

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  Johnnie Burns named interim village manager

Obituaries

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  Paul Graham
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  Roy K. Smith

Featured Photos

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  Wall to wall