Beyond Yellow Springs Section :: Page 5

• ‘Backyard Blues’ in Dayton to benefit Blues Fest

  By YS News StaffMay 2, 2018

  

  The AACW and Omega Music will host a “Backyard Blues” series event on Saturday, May 5, 6–10 p.m., at 318 E. Fifth St. in Dayton. The event is a fundraiser for the 20th anniversary celebration of the AACW Blues, Jazz and Gospel Fest.

• NAMI to offer ‘QPR’ training

  By YS News StaffApril 9, 2018

  

  The National Alliance on Mental Illness Clark, Greene and Madison Counties will present its Third Thursday Educational Series Program, “QPR Training,” on Thursday, April 19, 7–8:30 p.m. at the Dayton Avenue Baptist Church in Xenia.

• Tuesday’s storm produced nearby tornado

  By William DrewingApril 6, 2018

  

  Here’s what Tuesday’s tornado did to Greene County.

• Secretary of Health and Human Services Azar dismisses medical marijuana

  By Megan BachmanMarch 15, 2018

  

  U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, visiting the Dayton area recently to learn about responses to the opioid crisis, said he sees no role for medical marijuana as a pain relief alternative to prescription opioids.

• Blue Jacket closes, café remains

  By Audrey HackettMarch 8, 2018

  

  The eclectic independent purveyor of used and rare books in downtown Xenia, Blue Jacket Books, is closing — for reinvention.

• Blue Jacket to close, but in-store cafe to stay

  By Audrey HackettFebruary 20, 2018

  

  Bibliophiles, take note: Blue Jacket Books is closing May 12. But foodies can take comfort in the fact that in-store cafe, Tables of Contents, has no plans to shut its doors, and may even expand in coming months.

• Ohio EPA hears quarry concerns

  By Audrey HackettFebruary 15, 2018

  

  About 300 citizens packed the cafeteria of Greenon High School Feb. 1, voicing public opposition to a limestone quarrying plan a few miles north of Yellow Springs.

• Grads on life beyond the ‘bubble’

  By Guest ContributorFebruary 8, 2018

  

  Yellow Springs is a wonderful place to grow up; the village is a sanctuary of safety and wholesomeness that offers its young residents a place to grow and develop, but most young villagers don’t stay in town forever.

• County role serves public, courts

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 1, 2018

  

  The nameplate on the door of the Greene County Clerk of Courts office still listed longtime clerk Terri Mazur as the occupant mid-month, even though Yellow Springs resident AJ Williams had taken up residence at the first of the year.

• Ohio EPA public hearing on quarry concerns set for Feb. 1

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 23, 2018

  

  Area residents are invited to attend an Ohio EPA public hearing on water quality impacts of a planned mining expansion in Mad River Township, north of Yellow Springs. The hearing will be held Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. at Greenon High School.