Features

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  The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Poetry in motion

  
  
  

  “Things fall apart, the center cannot hold. Burst pipes and a new sediment filter set me back $600. I hope I can maintain the house above freezing through February and early March, but we will have to see.”

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  News from the Past | Villagers save Whitehall Farm

  
  
  

  As the result of communitywide activism and campaigning, villagers raised $1.2 million to save the 940-acre Whitehall Farm from development.

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  Black-owned businesses thrive in Yellow Springs

  
  
  

  Yellow Springs has seen a steep decline in its African American population,  from around 30% in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, to the current population of less than 12%, but Black businesses continue to thrive in the village.

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  Antioch College | ‘amuse-bouche’ exhibition highlights staff, faculty art

  
  
  

  “amuse-bouche” — a new exhibition centering the creative accomplishments of Antioch College’s staff and faculty — opened Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Herndon Gallery.

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  Down to Earth | Bobcats and coyotes and foxes: Oh, yes!

  
  
  

  “Their presence signals that the environment is healthy enough to support these creatures, which they in turn help to maintain through their regulation of prey populations.”

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  Residents, educators air concerns over school performing arts space

  
  
  

  On Thursday, Feb. 8, local residents, students and educators implored the members of the school board not to divert funding away from the performing arts space planned for the district’s facilities improvement project.

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  Local, state deer population mounts

  
  
  

  Yellow Springs resident and professor of biological sciences at Wright State University Don Cipollini told the News last week that there are currently around 800,000 deer in the state.

Obituaries

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  Jane Hill Baker