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  • Block by block, summer’s last hurrah plays out

    By YS News StaffSeptember 3, 2015

    Toby Cromer ate his greens at the Kingsfield Court block party.

    The Human Relations Commission has sponsored 15 block parties this summer.

  • Council moves on policing

    By Diane Chiddister

    At their Aug. 24 meeting, Village Council members agreed to move forward in addressing concerns regarding local police and the community.

  • To him, pastoring is personal

    By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

    Pastor Rick Jones stands outside the Yellow Springs United Methodist Church, where he is the new pastor. “You have to pray outside the box,” he said, in order to meet people where they are and help them move forward. His experience in social services informs his goals as pastor. (Photo by Dylan Taylor-Lehman)

    “You have to think and pray outside of the box,” said Pastor Rick Jones, the new pastor at Yellow Springs United Methodist Church. He prefers to operate outside the box because he knows all parishioners are not the same, and his pastoral MO is to serve people on a more personal basis.

  • An actor’s mystery, a puzzle of a play

    By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

    Imagine this: theater production where you are given a script moments before you are thrust on stage, alone. There are few props to hide behind, only a table and two cups of water, and the performance requires that you act out whatever the script commands.

  • Spokespersons

    By Lauren Heaton

    Dan Carrigan and Jerry Papania bike to work from the village. (photo by Lauren Heaton)

    Biking to work.

  • YS library’s golden anniversary

    By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

    The mood on Xenia Avenue was elevated in anticipation of the Yellow Springs Library building’s 50th anniversary celebration this Saturday, Aug. 29, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 1960s-themed events, planned and supported by the Yellow Springs Library Association, will culminate with a rockin’ show by the Hoppers. (Photo by Matt Minde)

    The Yellow Springs News of Sept. 1, 1965 reported that a “record crowd…a swarm of kids and parents” poured into the new Yellow Springs library, which opened at 2 p.m. on Aug. 30, 1965.

  • Hardman memorial

    By YS News Staff

    Obituary

    A memorial service to celebrate the life of Barbara L. Hardman (“Nurse Barb”) is planned for Sunday, Sept. 13, 3 p.m., in the Herndon Gallery at Antioch College.

  • Bulldog sports round-up

    By Audrey Hackett

    Bulldog sports round-up

  • Schools welcome 13 staff members

    By Audrey HackettAugust 27, 2015

    Teacher’s dozen Twelve new teachers and administrators gathered at an orientation at Mills Lawn last week. They are, from left, Donna First, Kristin McNeely, Kate Lohmeyer, Jackie Pohl, Lynne Wooten-Mitchell, Maggie DeMarse, Chasity Miller, Jen Clark, Brian Knostman, Ettamarie Valdez, Jodi Black and Becca Eastman. Not pictured is Shannon Wilson. (Photo by Audrey Hackett)

    Each year brings fresh faces to Yellow Springs schools — and this year there are even more of them. The district has made 13 new teaching and administrative hires to-date for the 2015–16 school year, up from around five in a typical year, said Superintendent Mario Basora at last week’s school board meeting. Resignations, retirements and new or expanded positions were responsible for the increase.

  • Bill Houston

    By YS News Staff

    William B. Houston (Bill) died Monday, August 17, 2015 of hypothermia while hiking in the Canadian Rockies.

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