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• Inspired by nature, and each other

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 14, 2017

  

  The Winter Solstice marks the astrological moment when humans experience the shortest period of daylight and the longest dark of night. But it also signals the end of deepening darkness, as light begins to lengthen incrementally each day until June.

• 70 years of Christmas trees

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Now a Yellow Springs holiday tradition, and arguably the high school’s most popular extra-curricular activity, School Forest is celebrating its 70th annual outing this year.

• Marijuana grower ready to move ahead — State approves Cresco Labs

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Last week, the state of Ohio approved Cresco Labs Ohio LLC as one of 12 recipients of a license for the large-scale cultivation of medical marijuana. The approval means that by next spring Yellow Springs will likely have a medical marijuana cultivating business on the western edge of the village.

• Kingian nonviolence at CS King center

  By Carol Simmons

  

  The first of six principles distilled from the writings of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. establishes the foundational precepts of King’s philosophy of nonviolence.

• New director at Children’s Center

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  In her new job only a month, Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center Director Malissa Doster has already made changes. For instance, she’s cleaned up the center’s entry way, which previously had a cluttered look.

• Priscilla Janney-Pace

  By YS News Staff

  

  Priscilla Janney-Pace died suddenly of an apparent heart attack on Dec. 6, 2017, at her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, at the age of 72.

• December 14, 2017 Bulldog Sports Round-Up

  By Zack Brintlinger-Conn

  

  Bulldog Sports Round-Up — December 7, 2017

• Bringing the body to alignment

  By Jeff Simons

  

  Two thousand years ago, Marcus Aurelius encouraged his subjects to “stand up straight, not straightened.” While some historians believe he was conversing metaphorically, others believe the Roman emperor was speaking anatomically: people with healthy postural muscles don’t need to think about standing up straight; it comes naturally.

• Carole A. Kotlarek Austin

  By YS News StaffDecember 7, 2017

  

  Carole Ann Austin, 83, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

• Robots inspire a passion for STEM

  By Carol Simmons

  

  When high school junior Alex Ronnebaum came to Yellow Springs schools as an eighth-grader, she was already a veteran of the FIRST League robotics program.