Articles About holiday

• Four decades of YS ball drops

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 26, 2019

  

  When Yellow Springs New Year’s Eve revelers descend on downtown streets near midnight Tuesday, Dec. 31, to mark the passing of 2019 into 2020 — and the start of a new decade — they will be participating in a local tradition that is marking its 40th outing this holiday. Read the history of the ball drop after the jump.

• BLOG-Setting the Scene

  By Amy MagnusDecember 21, 2013

  

  On the darkest day of the year, I am glad to find myself in the company of those who forge healing light.

• Two ways to share in the holidays

  By Megan BachmanDecember 15, 2011

  

  While it took several hauntings for Ebenezer Scrooge to transform from a stingy miser to a charitable giver, villagers have already embodied the holiday spirit this season with generous donations of food and gifts to two long-time local projects.

• School Forest builds festive character

  By Aaron ZaremskyDecember 5, 2010

  

  The School Forest Festival is still offering hand-cut Christmas trees today from 9 am to 2 pm.

• Village veterans remember wars

  By Megan BachmanNovember 11, 2010

  

  For those who saw military combat or served in the U.S. armed forces, Nov. 11, Veterans Day, is a time to remember the often painful memories of war and to honor their comrades who did not make it home. As the local veterans who live and work in Yellow Springs reflect on wars that changed their lives…

• Tales of hauntings in the village

  By Megan BachmanOctober 28, 2010

  Apparitions and ghostly music at Ye Olde Trail Tavern. Loaves of bread flying off the counter at the Sunrise Cafe. Disembodied voices in Antioch’s Main Building. Chairs traveling through the air in the Union Schoolhouse. A phantom walking around John Bryan State Park.

• On Halloween, boo to you, too

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Have you heard about the ghost cows in the village, and the long-dead owner who some people still hear calling his herd? Or about the retired steamboat captain who built a home the shape of his ship, with a bell that allegedly can still be heard on foggy nights?

• Musical renewal for Havurah

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 2, 2010

  The spiritual activities of the Yellow Springs Havurah have always been done in an organized but less than dogmatic manner. The group of 15–20 active members observes the Sabbath each week on the Antioch College campus that informs its friendly tone.

• Juneteenth a Scrumptious Affair

  By Aaron ZaremskyJune 20, 2010

  

  Juneteenth celebrations included a pie contest and Motown dancing last Friday night at the Bryan Center.

• At Friends Community, sweet care and bittersweet holidays

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 24, 2009

  While Friends Care Community employees work hard all year long, they put in extra effort over the holidays, according to longtime restoration aide Kent Little, who has worked in the local nursing home for 23 years.

  “Employees try hard to make it a good Christmas for residents,” he said this week. “They take pride in what they do.”