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• Wheeling Gaunt receives honorary degree from Wilberforce University

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 16, 2023

  

  Yellow Springs philanthropist and businessman Wheeling Gaunt was awarded an honorary degree posthumously by Wilberforce University at the college’s commencement on Saturday, May 6.

• My Name Is Iden | Select all that are applicable

  By Iden Crockett

  

  “Allowing people the freedom to fully self-identify in the ways that are most genuine and true to their lives and experience is the first step toward truly celebrating diversity.”

• Letting babies lead at Open Air Studio

  By Lauren ShowsMay 13, 2023

  

  At Open Air Studio, a downtown education center that opened last summer, it’s all about letting babies safely learn about how to live in the world, and about who they are within it.

• Yellow Springs Food Pantry finds a new home

  By Lauren ShowsMay 10, 2023

  

  The pantry, which has been hosted by the Yellow Springs United Methodist Church for nearly two decades, will now be located at Central Chapel AME Church, 411 S. High St. Just as before, the pantry will be open 2–4 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.

• Local poets published in anthology

  By Reilly DixonMay 6, 2023

  

  The Glen Helen Association and Tecumseh Land Trust recently released “Sun and Shadow, Wood and Stone,” an anthology of poems by 61 local and regional wordsmiths who’ve read at the annual Solstice Poetry Reading over the past decade.

• Board of Education | Treasurer talks taxes, facilities

  By Lauren ShowsMay 5, 2023

  

  At the April 13 regular meeting of the YS Board of Education, district Treasurer Jacob McGrath presented a detailed overview of the tax implications associated with updating the district’s school facilities.

• My Name Is Iden | The path of the fearless

  By Iden Crockett

  

  “It is a frightening time to be transgender or nonbinary in America. It’s a frightening time to love someone who is trans or nonbinary.”

• Agraria Update | Executive Director Jennings, Board Treasurer Sidwell resign

  By YS News StaffMay 3, 2023

  

  On Monday, April 24, the Board of Trustees of the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice released a media statement updating the public on the status of the nonprofit’s temporary closure.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Far from the madding crowd

  By Guest ContributorMay 2, 2023

  

  “Bit by bit I would like to lay out the make-up of Patterdale Hall, dwell on aspects of the property and maybe even meditate, or more likely ruminate, on what manner of fresh hell has befallen us each day.”

• Local man dies from motorcycle crash

  By YS News StaffMay 1, 2023

  

  On Tuesday, April 18, around 8:23 p.m., longtime village resident Marco Solomon Comegys, 56, was critically injured in a motorcycle accident, leading to his death three days later on Friday, April 21.