Features

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  Yellow Springs Senior Center eyes former lumber yard

  
  
  

  Yellow Springs Senior Center leaders are eyeing the former lumber yard at 108 Cliff St. as a potential site for the organization’s long-planned new building — a possible shift away from a Livermore Street parcel the Senior Center purchased two years ago.

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  New Miami Township Trustees board settles in

  
  
  

  The Miami Township Trustees began their first meeting of the new year Monday, Jan. 5, by swearing in Trustee Chair Marilan Moir for her second term and newly elected Trustee Lori Askeland for her first.

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  Ball things must pass— A new Mr. NYE for YS

  
  
  

  The New Year’s Eve ball drop that ushered Yellow Springs into 2026 was villager Lance Rudegeair’s last. The annual tradition — and the bedazzled disco ball itself — have been passed onto Dan Badger, who will drop the village into 2027 and beyond.

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  National Alliance on Mental Illness support available in Yellow Springs

  
  
  

  The area National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, hosts a local Connection Recovery Support Group, for those living with a mental health condition, the second Monday of each month, 6:30–8 p.m. The next meeting is Jan. 12.

Village Council

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  New Council takes care of new-year business

Obituaries

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  Marcia Lee (Nelson) Greer
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  Edmond Henry Vernot
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  Sonia Barreiro Cawood

Sports

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  Bulldog Sports Round-Up | Jan. 9, 2025