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• Esther Damaser

  By YS News StaffNovember 16, 2017

  

  Esther Damaser — psychologist, wife, mother, grandmother, cancer warrior — died on Nov. 8, 2017, just shy of her 82nd birthday.

• State report card — Schools react to assessment

  By Carol Simmons

  

  A lot of information appears to be packed into the Ohio Department of Education’s 2016–17 school report card released earlier this fall, but Yellow Springs district leaders don’t see much in the results that is of use to local schools.

• New director at Friends Care

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Leaders of Friends Care Community announced this week that Mike Montgomery, who currently heads an award-winning retirement center in Englewood, will be the new director of the Yellow Springs elder care community.

• Police data sparks debate

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  A spirited discussion took place at Village Council’s Nov. 6 meeting regarding whether a Justice System Task Force member acted appropriately or not this week when he posted on Facebook controversial police department statistics in the context of criticism of a fellow JSTF member who was running for Village Council.

• John William Laurens

  By YS News Staff

  

  John William Laurens, 65, passed away peacefully on Saturday Nov. 11, 2017, at his Jamestown, Ohio, residence.

• Precinct-level results for Nov. 2017 election

  By YS News StaffNovember 9, 2017

  

  About 50 percent of Yellow Springs voters cast ballots in yesterday’s elections. Results by precinct for the four local races and two state issues are provided here.

• Election results in the village

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  There are many new faces on the village’s governing bodies following the Nov. 7 election.

• Let the sun shine…

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  The Village’s new 1-megawatt solar array is now up and running on Village-owned property at Glass Farm.

• ‘Conscious aging’ event

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  In American culture, youth is elevated and elders are often dismissed. But organizers of this week’s workshop on “Conscious Aging” want to change that trend.

• Donations sought for Standing Rock

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  When Bettina Stolsenberg first traveled to the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota two decades ago, she fell in love with the landscape and with the people. In a week, Stolsenberg plans to make that long drive again.