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• Rolling Pen Book and Cafe to serve up inspiring titles, cobbler

  By Megan BachmanAugust 11, 2010

  

  The Rolling Pen Book Cafe, now open in the former home of Dolbeer’s Cleaners, is a place to relax, read a book and enjoy a cup of coffee with some homemade cobbler.

• Heat a cool job for Southtown

  By Megan BachmanJuly 29, 2010

  

  Helping villagers stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter is the aim of a new business in town, Southtown Heating and Cooling. From its new office in Yellow Springs, the 22-year-old Greater Dayton company will install and service heating and cooling equipment as well as do plumbing, electrical work and building maintenance for residential and commercial customers.

• Eden World a place for creativity, relaxation

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Visitors and residents alike can walk right-off-the-street into an oasis of health and rejuvenation at Eden World Center for Wellness and Discovery at 253 Xenia Avenue.

• Southtown Heating and Cooling to open branch in town

  By Megan BachmanJuly 16, 2010

  

  Dayton company Southtown Heating and Cooling is opening a new branch in Yellow Springs.

• Rabbit Run Farm house to burn

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 15, 2010

  Three months after Vernay Laboratories purchased Rabbit Run Farm on Dayton Street, the company has decided to raze the eight-room farmhouse on the property. The controlled burn is scheduled for Saturday, July 17, and will be performed as a training operation for the Miami Township Fire-Rescue…

• New lodgings with homey touch

  By Megan BachmanJuly 1, 2010

  

  Yellow Springs, long a popular tourist destination, can now accommodate even more overnight visitors with a host of new lodging options springing up in recent years. Villagers are opening their homes, apartments and guesthouses to share an authentic Yellow Springs experience with visitors.

• The guesthouses of Yellow Springs

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Several new guesthouses in and around Yellow Springs have recently opened to accomodate overnight visitors. For detailed descriptions of the latest local lodging options, see a full article in this week’s issue of the News. An extended photo display of the accommodations is below.

• 2 For 1 business reduces energy use

  By Lauren HeatonJune 24, 2010

  

  Trying to change the mindset of the masses is a mass production job — at least that’s how the new business 2 For 1 Energy is approaching the task. The object: getting residents to pay to retrofit their homes for greater energy efficiency.

• FCC drops apartment plans

  By Lauren Heaton

  The Friends Care Community Board of Trustees announced last week that the care center has withdrawn its proposal for a new senior apartment building downtown, according to a letter board president Mary White sent to community members.

• Friends drops plans for Barr property

  By Lauren HeatonJune 20, 2010

  

  Leaders of Friends Care Community announced this week that they will not pursue the senior apartment building they had planned for the Barr property downtown, due to the economic downturn and Friends’ commitment to keeping the rent affordable.