From The Print Section :: Page 207

• Juneteenth in Yellow Springs — A tribute to emancipation

  By Lauren ShowsJune 20, 2019

  

  The first of the two Juneteenth celebrations will be held Saturday, June 15, 2–5 p.m., at Mills Park Hotel. The celebration is coordinated by villager Carmen Lee through her event planning business, Yokel.

• Village to raise pool rates

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The first rate hike in a decade at Gaunt Park Pool will likely take effect later this summer, with most of the increase to be paid by out-of-town visitors and day pass users.

• Good green, bad green

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Not all green is “green.” That’s the message from local land managers who are combating a host of non-native invasive plant species that menace locally preserved and reclaimed lands. 

• A new farm is hit with tragedy

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Last month, a whiteboard in the heated greenhouse at Oasis Aqua Farms in Beavercreek Township boasted a variety of fresh, organically grown greens and herbs available that day. Then came the tornado.

• Tim Hackathorne

  By YS News Staff

  

  We are shocked and saddened to share that Tim Hackathorne passed away this weekend.

• Pirates keep up winning streak

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  Despite last week’s return of wet weather playing havoc with the rec baseball schedule, the Tom’s Market Pirates solidified their early season minor league lead, winning a pair of games to remain undefeated at 4-0.

• Carl Douglas

  By YS News Staff

  

  Carl Douglas, of Yellow Springs, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2019, in Dayton. He was 79.

• ‘Green death’ and other invasives

  By Audrey HackettJune 13, 2019

  

  Drew Diehl calls it “the Green Death.” Pervasive in many areas, a single non-native species of honeysuckle — Amur honeysuckle — has transformed the local landscape over the last 30 years.

• School board considers sale of land

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A recently conducted land-use study of property owned by Yellow Springs Schools concluded that the district has about 23 acres of “underutilized land” that “could be considered for subdivision and redevelopment as residential properties.”

• Get a whiff of this—Awaken Essential Oils set to open

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  Grapefruit, sandalwood, mandarin, sweet orange, lemon, clary sage, ylang ylang and rose. The organic extractions rush to meet the senses when opening one of Stephanie Palmer’s hand-blended essential oils. She calls it “Injoy.”