Features

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  The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Occupational hazards

  
  
  

  “This is why we bought Patterdale Hall, so we can exist in the now and enjoy every second of it.”

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  Book Review | Kiser’s ‘Young Woman’ hits home

  
  
  

  Local author Jo Ann Kiser’s new novel, “A Young Woman from the Provinces,” unspools a journey to the self, the only reliable home that is everyone’s birthright.

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  Art Book Circle makes art, community

  
  
  

  In 2023, 10 local residents spent the better part of the year filling 10 books with original art, a page at a time.

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  Miami Township Trustees discuss new-year business, solar

  
  
  

  The Miami Township Board of Trustees held its first regular meeting of the year Wednesday, Jan. 3. Most of the meeting was focused on settling first-of-year business.

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  Conversation on the Village Cafe menu

  
  
  

  When conflict arises in a community, sometimes the best strategy for engaging with that conflict is to talk about it. The Village Cafe event will be held Sunday, Jan. 21, 2–4 p.m., in the Mills Lawn gym.

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  Benefit to help local’s medical needs

  
  
  

  In support of longtime area resident Phil Kumbusky, and to help cover mounting medical costs associated with a rare genetic disease, a benefit concert and fundraiser will be held at Peach’s Grill on Saturday, Jan. 13.

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  2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Yellow Springs

  
  
  

  The Yellow Springs Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance will take place Monday, Jan. 15, on what would have been the assassinated civil rights leader’s 95th birthday.

Obituaries

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  Shenise Hamilton
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  Richard ‘Dick’ Schwab
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  Marilynn Birch