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• Fourth year of taking students ‘Into the Wild’

  By Carol SimmonsOctober 18, 2019

  

  All 65 members of the seventh-grade class at McKinney Middle School participated last month in the three-day, 53-mile,  camping-biking experience known as Into the Wild.

• The 2019-20 Guide to Yellow Springs: Activism in the Village

  By Megan BachmanOctober 17, 2019

  

  This year’s Guide presents recent articles and material from our archives to highlight the brave local activists working for a more just, fair and sustainable world.

• School facilities tours— Top needs highlighted

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  In a walk-around that lasted almost two hours on the evening of Sept. 18, outdoor issues such as the lack of a fence around the property and indoor issues such as energy-inefficient windows, lack of central air conditioning in parts of the building, lack of a separate cafeteria and lack of learning spaces conducive to group work were among the issues highlighted by Housh and Carter.

• Charter change: a closer look

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Should 16- and 17-year-olds be able to vote in Village elections? Should noncitizen residents be enfranchised for Yellow Springs offices and issues? Should the term of Yellow Springs’ mayor be lengthened from two to four years?

  Village voters will decide these issues at the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5. All three matters are proposed as amendments to the Village of Yellow Springs Charter, and will appear as a single “yes/no” vote on the ballot.

• Liselotte Annemarie Stave

  By YS News Staff

  

  Liselotte Annemarie (Visser) Stave passed away peacefully on Sept. 27, 2019, in Roseville, Calif.

• October 17, 2019 Bulldog Sports Roundup

  By Carol Simmons

  

  October 17, 2019 Bulldog Sports Roundup

• Task force to seek community input

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Meeting regularly since its formation last spring by then-Yellow Springs Superintendent Mario Basora, the schools facilities task force is close to taking its findings out into the community in a series of public meetings, where members plan to share the information they’ve gathered and collect feedback.

• YSPD closes case on fatal shooting

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The Yellow Springs Police Department  officially closed its case last week in the December 2018 fatal shooting of local resident Kenneth Livingston.

• Street change to start Oct. 21

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Starting Monday, Oct. 21, and running through Nov. 9, the Village will test a new traffic pattern in the areas of South Walnut, Short and Limestone streets.

• A look at Antioch Farm— ‘The fruits of our labor’

  By Carol SimmonsOctober 10, 2019

  

  The concept of sustainability has been central to Antioch’s mission since its rebirth in 2011. And the farm remains at the heart of the school’s curriculum and identity.