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• EPA studies vapor in Vernay site cleanup

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 7, 2017

  

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is trying to determine whether vapors from an underground plume of toxic chemicals expose neighbors of a federal cleanup to dangerous levels of carcinogens, or if residents are safe from immediate and long-term harm.

• Stick-pounding rhythms at World House Choir concert

  By Aaron Maurice Saari

  

  World House Choir Director Cathy Roma is bringing Melanie DeMore, perhaps the foremost keeper and transmitter of the Gullah tradition, to Yellow Springs.

• Michael Henry Bush

  By YS News Staff

  

  Michael Henry Bush, 68, died Saturday, Aug. 26, in Athens, Ohio.

• Bubbleheads…

  By YS News Staff

  

  2017 Bubblefest, in its fifth year, attracted about 100 villagers and visitors of all ages.

• Village schools— New year, new requirements

  By Carol Simmons

  

  With the new school year also comes a variety of new initiatives and policies — some the result of changing state and federal requirements and funding.

• Arlene L. Mundy

  By YS News StaffAugust 31, 2017

  

  Arlene L. Mundy passed away Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017 in Xenia. She was 90.

• First of many

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Layla Walland, 5, was ready for her first day of kindergarten to begin in Linnea Denman’s class at Mills Lawn on Friday, Aug. 25, while her father, Matt Walland, and 2-year-old brother, Finn, said their goodbyes.

• Patricia Hosket

  By YS News Staff

  

  Patricia Hosket, lifelong resident of Yellow Springs, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, at Friends Care Center. She was 92.

• Harold ‘Dunie’ Hamilton

  By YS News Staff

  

  Harold “Dunie” Norman Hamilton Jr., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 at Soin Medical Center surrounded by family and close friends. He was 74.

• $150K grant for real-world engineering

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Food trucks may have their avid followers, but in nine months or so, villagers can look for a small fleet of food “trikes” to join the outdoor culinary ranks.