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• Village passes utility rate hikes

  By Audrey HackettNovember 19, 2015

  

  Yellow Springs residents can expect significantly higher utility rates in the new year. At its Nov. 2 meeting, Village Council voted 5–0 to raise water rates by 30 percent and sewer rates by 15 percent beginning on Jan. 1, 2016. The vote was the ordinance’s second and final reading.

• Antioch College names new president

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 18, 2015

  

  Thomas Manley, the current president of the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, has been chosen the new president of Antioch College.

• Dorothy L. Scott

  By YS News StaffNovember 13, 2015

  

  Dorothy (“Dot”) Loveland Scott was born on Nov. 21, 1917, in Randolph, Vt., and raised in Burlington, Vt. Dorothy died peacefully on Nov. 4, 2015, after a short illness.

• Brzezinski memorial

  By YS News StaffNovember 12, 2015

  

  A memorial service honoring the life of Steve Brzezinski, professor emeritus of Antioch University Midwest, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 14, at noon, in the multipurpose room at Antioch Midwest.

• 2015 Election Results — Two returned to Township

  By YS News Staff

  

  In a close race for the full four-year term as Miami Township trustee, longtime incumbent Chris Mucher reclaimed his seat, just 143 votes ahead of challenger Don Hollister, while Zoe Van Eaton-Meister trailed.

• Hot mud

  By Suzanne Szempruch

  

  Friday evening, Nov. 6, members of John Bryan Community Pottery fired up their wood kiln for the fourth time this year.

• 2015 Election Results — State Issues mixed

  By YS News Staff

  

  Ohio citizens were lit up about this year’s issues on marijuana legalization, and while voters around Ohio and in Greene County both returned a deafening “no” to Issue 3 to legalize the regulated growth and use of marijuana, Yellow Springers felt very differently.

• 2015 Election Results — Charter passes

  By YS News Staff

  

  Yellow Springs voters resoundingly approved the proposed amendments to the Village Charter on Nov. 3, voting 81 percent to 19 percent in favor of the Charter changes.

• Theater review— YSHS’s production of ‘Macbeth’ slays

  By Guest Contributor

  

  When I heard that our beloved Yellow Springs high-schoolers and middle-schoolers were taking on the legendary Shakespearean play, “Macbeth,” I was scared for a number of reasons.

• Arts Council betting on Art Roulette

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Any gambler will tell you the luck is in the draw. For the Yellow Springs Arts Council, the luck is in the draw, paint, sculpt, compose, cook — any of the host of creative activities in which local artists excel.