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• Village traffic trial— Should changes be permanent?

  By Megan BachmanDecember 26, 2019

  

  Where there was once a yield sign at the intersection of South Walnut Street and Limestone Street now stands a stop sign. It’s the first permanent change made after a three-week traffic pattern experiment near Mills Lawn School earlier this fall in order to improve the safety of students during school pickup and drop-off.

• New fire code impacts local food trucks

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Akhilesh Nigam, owner of food truck Aahar India, said this week that he is running afoul of a new fire rule requiring that mobile food units park at least 10 feet away from flammable structures.

• Facilities task force sets priorities

  By Carol Simmons

  

  About 10 months since its first meeting in March, the School Facilities Task Force hosted a community meeting Tuesday, Dec. 10, to share its findings and potential recommendations to the school board and to take questions and feedback from community members.

• Four decades of YS ball drops

  By Carol Simmons

  

  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.

• The Oberufer Plays— Remembering a holiday tradition

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 20, 2019

  

  Both “The Nativity and Shepherd’s Play” and “The Paradise Play” are examples of the mystery play or miracle play — a recreation of a Bible story, presented in tableaux in medieval times, and one of the earliest types of formal play.

• December 19, 2019 — Bulldog Sports Round-Up

  By YS News StaffDecember 19, 2019

  

  December 19, 2019 — Bulldog Sports Round-Up

• Tony Bent

  By YS News Staff

  

  Tony Bent died Dec. 17; he was 95.

• Light walk: a one-time village tradition is revived

  By YS News Staff

  

  Villagers Sommer McGuire and Lisa Kreeger caroled from Kings Yard to the downtown Christmas tree during the first annual Luminary Walk and Community Carol on Saturday evening, Dec. 14.

• Whirlwind of a weekend

  By YS News Staff

  

  The weekend of Dec. 13–15 was particularly laden with events.

• Joan Christine Edwards

  By YS News Staff

  

  Joan Christine Edwards, longtime resident of Yellow Springs, died at Kettering Hospital on Dec. 2, 2019.