Features

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  Family finds refuge in village from Hurricane Ida

  
  
  

  Newly returned to town after an extended stay in Louisiana, Yellow Springs resident Khara Scott-Bey wants to challenge the community to extend its hospitality to Patrick Bowman Sr. and his family, who left New Orleans after Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday, Aug. 29.

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  Mary Gail Simpson to join Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame

  
  
  

  Mary Gail Simpson, who is 83, will be honored at the annual Recognition Day Luncheon at Walnut Grove Country Club in Riverside on Saturday, Sept. 25, beginning at 11:30 a.m.

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  Dave Chappelle seeks four more Wirrig shows

  
  
  

  A request concerning locally based comedian Dave Chappelle was among several zoning-related matters discussed during the most recent meeting of the Miami Township Trustees on Wednesday, Sept. 8.

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  2021 Local Election: Osterholm and Brown vie for Council

  
  
  

  Seven villagers are looking for votes to fill three contested Council seats in the upcoming November election. Here the News spotlights the other two nonincumbents: Scott Osterholm, who ran for Council in 1993, and first-time candidate Carmen Brown, known locally as Carmen Lee.

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  COVID-19 update: Cases and hospitalizations continue to escalate

  
  
  

  The wave of cases and hospitalizations continue to escalate at an alarming rate; the Ohio Hospital Association reported that COVID-19 currently accounts for one out of seven hospitalizations in the state.

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  Yellow Springs Planning Commission approves Chappelle comedy club

  
  
  

  Construction will soon be underway for local comedian Dave Chappelle’s planned comedy club and restaurant at 225 Corry St.

Village Council

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  Village Council establishes strategy for chief search

Sports

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  Boys soccer shows winning ways

Featured Photos

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  The birds and the beers