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• First of many

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 31, 2017

  

  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.

• Ready, set, teach …

  By Carol Simmons

  

  The newest faculty members for Yellow Springs School District gathered in the morning last Friday for some computer system orientation in anticipation of the first day of school Friday, Aug. 25.

• Broad slate of candidates as village, township races kick off

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Local voters will have a broad slate of candidates from which to choose in the Nov. 7 general election races for Yellow Springs Mayor, Village Council, Board of Education and Miami Township Trustees.

• A rare visit from Maori ‘grannies’

  By Aaron Maurice Saari

  

  Only Raymond Ruka could have the tribal standing to extend the invitation that has brought three Maori tribal elders all the way from New Zealand to Yellow Springs. 

• Shakespeare, two Mondays a month

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  For 113 years, a members-only group of Yellow Springs women has been meeting to read and discuss the works of Shakespeare and other authors. The women call themselves the Shakespeare Study Club, and that middle word — study — signals the group’s seriousness.

• Village Council — CBE engineering contract approved

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  At its Aug. 21 regular meeting, Village Council unanimously approved a contract for engineering services on the Village-owned property known as the CBE on the western edge of Yellow Springs.

• Home with Home, Inc.

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Tim and Julia Honchel were honored as the newest homeowners of local affordable housing land trust Home, Inc. at its annual members meeting last Sunday.