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• Students of the Month — October 2019

  By YS News StaffNovember 25, 2019

  

  Each month, McKinney Middle School and Yellow Springs High School acknowledge one student from each grade who has shown exemplary work as a student, classmate and citizen of the school. The schools have selected the following six students, who best modeled these efforts in the month of October.

• Council closes in on 2020 budget

  By Megan BachmanNovember 21, 2019

  

  Next year the Village of Yellow Springs is projected to bring in $13.9 million and spend $15.4 million, according to a draft budget Council considered at its Nov. 4 meeting.

• Origins of the traffic trial

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The barricades and signs along Short, South Walnut and Limestone streets were taken down earlier this week as a three-week temporary transportation project downtown came to an end.

  The Village of Yellow Springs is now gathering opinions and observations of the traffic trial in hopes of deciding on a permanent solution for the area. An online survey closes after Nov. 23.

• Margaret ‘Peg’ Champney— A life entwined with the News

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Margaret “Peg” Champney. whose longtime residence in Yellow Springs was closely intertwined with the life and history of the Yellow Springs News, died Tuesday evening, Nov. 5, after a brief illness. She was 87.

  A quiet, steady presence at the News throughout her adult life, Champney’s 68-year tenure at the local paper likely qualified her as its longest serving employee.

• ‘Building a jail larger than we need’— Citizens give input at jail tax hearing

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Does Greene County need a bigger jail? And what would be the costs of operating a larger facility?

  Those were the chief questions and concerns voiced by citizens at last Thursday’s public hearing on a proposed sales tax increase to pay for a new county jail, estimated at a total cost of $70 million.

• YS grad launches new business— Caring for lawns and nature

  By Guest ContributorNovember 14, 2019

  

  Yellow Springs Lawn Care offers a range of services, including gutter cleaning, leaf mulching, leaf removal, aeration, fertilizing and more.

• David “Peach Fuzz” Sebree

  By YS News Staff

  

  David “Peach Fuzz” Sebree, of Yellow Springs, passed away Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, at his home. He was 71.

• Charter change narrowly fails

  By Megan Bachman

  

  On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Yellow Springs voters narrowly rejected a measure to make several amendments to the Village Charter, according to unofficial final results from the Greene County Board of Elections.

• Theodosia ‘Teddy’ Westlake

  By YS News Staff

  

  Teddy died peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, at Kendal of Granville, surrounded by loving and devoted family, friends and caregivers.

• A new vision for Antioch Hall

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  If all goes as planned, Antioch Hall will have heat by the end of the year.
  The return of warmth to the iconic structure at Antioch’s heart, commonly known as Main Building, is the result of a unique collaboration between the college and village.