Features

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  The Patterdale Hall Diaries | On hats and sticks

  
  
  

  We are teetering on the brink of fall. It is absolutely my favorite season in Ohio. Last year I discovered delicata squash, which changed my life. Goodness, they are delicious. This year, however, we haven’t planted any: they are exploding everywhere, and I reckon we have about 20, ranging from almost a foot long to about three inches.

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  Black Farming Conference returns

  
  
  

  The Black Farming Conference will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29 and 30, at the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center and the neighboring campus of Central State University, both in Wilberforce.

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  The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Tempus fugit

  
  
  

  “As a professor I am on a nine-month academic salary, and while this means I don’t have a lot of money, it does mean I can spend May, June and July pottering about at the Hall.”

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  Antioch College ranked in ‘Top 100 Liberal Arts Schools’

  
  
  

  Antioch College announced last week that for the first time since its reopening in 2011, the college has been listed in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s Top 100 National Liberal Arts Schools ranking.

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  Yellow Springs property values, taxes to rise

  
  
  

  As a result of surging home values in Greene County, Yellow Springs residential property owners will see their property taxes go up in 2024, according to newly released data from the Greene County Auditor’s office.

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  Free Narcan, no questions asked

  
  
  

  In partnership with Greene County Public Health, or GCPH, Yellow Springs Pharmacy is now offering free doses of naloxone.

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  Wheeling Gaunt Day set for Oct. 7

  
  
  

  Wheeling Gaunt Day 2023 will be celebrated Saturday, Oct. 7, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Wheeling Gaunt sculpture plaza, adjacent to the train station at the intersections of Dayton Street and Xenia Avenue.

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  Free event to promote women’s health

  
  
  

  The locally based Feminist Health Fund will host Women’s Health & Wellness Day on Saturday, Sept. 30, 1–4 p.m., at the Wellness Center, 240 E. South College St., on the Antioch College campus.

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  Action, laughs and heart in ‘She Kills Monsters’

  
  
  

  In the upcoming Yellow Springs High School production of “She Kills Monsters,” comedy and drama come together to examine loss through a unique — and for its main character, unexpected — lens: the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons.

Obituaries

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  Carolyn Louise Bradford
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  Jasiah H. Zinger-Mitchell

Sports

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  Bulldog Sports Round-Up | Sept. 29, 2023

Featured Photos

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  Vocal point
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  Water colors