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  • Film highlights the life of a Zoque shaman

    By Dylan Taylor-LehmanMay 4, 2017

    Antioch media studies professor Charles Fairbanks and co-director Saul Kakwill show their documentary “The Modern Jungle” at the Little Art Theatre on Saturday, April 29. The documentary explores what happens to a Zoque shaman named Don Juan when he finds himself drawn into a pyramid scheme involving the sale of nutritional supplements. The film is partly in the Zoque language, a language from southernmost Mexico. (Submitted photo)

    This weekend, Yellow Springers have the opportunity to see not only a feature-length documentary made by a fellow villager, but a documentary filmed in Zoque, a language that to date has only been featured in three films.

  • Bob Fleissner

    By YS News Staff

    Robert (Bob) Ferdinand Fleissner, of Springfield, son of Otto and Else Mentz Fleissner of Aurora, N.Y., passed away peacefully on the morning of April 25, 2017.

  • Miami Township makes case for fire levy

    By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

    From left to right, Miami Township Fire and Rescue Chief Colin Altman and Miami Township trustees Chris Mucher, Mark Crockett and Lamar Spracklen made their case for a new fire station at a public forum last week. The station would be funded by a new levy on the ballot May 2. About 20 citizens attended the forum, weighing in with support as well as concerns about potential noise issues, cost and logistics. (photo by Dylan Taylor-Lehman)

    On May 2, residents of Miami Township will vote on whether or not to pass a levy that would fund a new fire station for the Miami Township Fire Department.

  • TrailFest brings hikers to Yellow Springs

    By Diane Chiddister

    Two to three hundred hikers from around the state will descend on the village this weekend for the Buckeye TrailFest, an annual event sponsored by the Buckeye Trail Association, or BTA, that is taking place for the first time in Yellow Springs.

  • Adrian Scott Roberts

    By YS News Staff

    Adrian Scott Roberts was born on May 19, 1975, at Lakenheath Air Force Base in England.

  • Celebration fit for a King

    By YS News Staff

    submitted Photo by Odette Chavez-Mayo

    The Coretta Scott King Center held its inaugural Legacy Luncheon on April 26 at the Dayton Racquet Club.

  • Sign wave

    By YS News StaffApril 27, 2017

    submitted photo by Penny Forman

    About 30 people took part in the Yellow Springs version of the national March for Science, which took place at 10 a.m. last Saturday, April 22, on Earth Day.

  • Village Council— New policing guidelines discussed

    By Audrey Hackett

    Local policing was in the spotlight at Village Council’s April 17 meeting. Council members discussed proposed new guidelines for Village policing, as well as next steps in the Village’s search for a permanent police chief. In addition, a new full-time police officer, Mariah England, was sworn into the local department.

  • Esther Rothman

    By YS News Staff

    Esther Rothman

    Long-time village resident Esther Rothman passed away on April 19, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif., at the age of 94.

  • Ethel Lee Bender

    By YS News Staff

    The God that Ethel Bender loved and served called her home from labor to reward on Sunday, April 23, 2017.

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