Features

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  Janet Miller settles in as new First Presbyterian pastor

  
  
  

  “The first year, all you’re doing is learning — learning about the congregation, learning how they work, and even then, I want everyone to be part of it,” she said. “I’m not a general; I’m not a downward director sort of person.”

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  Fall Street Fair set Saturday, October 10

  
  
  

  With more than 30,000 folks expected to come to town, Yellow Springs’ downtown streets will be the backdrop for a full day of music, performances, shopping and more as the YS Fall Street Fair returns Saturday, Oct. 10.

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  A brief history of an ancient mound

  
  
  

  Deep in the northern reaches of Glen Helen, tucked just a few feet off the Inman Trail and between the Yellow Spring and the Cascades, is a prehistoric earthwork — a signature of the area’s early human inhabitants.

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  Interim Village manager signs on

  
  
  

  It’s been about two weeks since Jeff Sheridan started as Yellow Springs’ interim Village manager, and he’s already settling into the position, he told the News last week from his second-floor Bryan Center office.

Obituaries

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  Patricia ‘Patty’ Alexander