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• Schools to renew current levy

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 22, 2015

  

  At their Jan. 8 meeting school board members voted unanimously to move ahead with putting on the May ballot a 10-year renewal of the emergency operating levy that expires at the end of the current year. The levy generates about $1,060,000 annually for the district. A renewal would not raise taxes beyond the current level.

• College eyes homes on campus

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Never short on vision, Antioch College hopes to create a residential community that’s unlike anything now existing in this country. Specifically, it seeks to build on campus multigenerational housing that’s both fully green and fully integrated into campus life.

• William Roberts

  By YS News Staff

  

  William Boyd Roberts, M.D., age 63, of Yellow Springs, passed away on Jan. 14 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born on July 29, 1951, in Clarksville, Tenn., to the late Iotha and Martha (Wooten) Roberts. Dr. Roberts was a 1969 graduate of Burt High School in Clarksville, Tenn., and a 1974 Air […]

• Bulldog sports round-up

  By Megan Bachman

  

  SWIMMING Chick makes finals of giant meet Last weekend, the YSHS swim team competed in the 32nd Southwest Ohio High School Coaches Classic, the largest swimming invitational in the nation. There were 110 participating schools and 2,900 athletes. The top 16 swimmers in each of the events swam in the finals in Cincinnati. Sophomore Olivia […]

• MLK Jr. Day: a day ‘on,’ not off

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 16, 2015

  

  While many see Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a break from work or school, this year local organizers are challenging villagers to treat it as a day of learning and giving back.

• Mary Allott Agna

  By YS News StaffJanuary 15, 2015

  

  Mary Allott Agna passed away at home on Jan. 6. She was 90. Mary was born on Sept. 18, 1924, in Alliance, Ohio, to Gwen and Guy Allott. She was so proud of being their daughter — her mother was one of the first registered nurses in the state of Ohio and helped nurse many […]

• Loafers

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Villagers ventured into the cold last Saturday to buy local produce at the Winter Farmer’s Market at its new Senior Center Great Room location.

• Film eyes microbiome at birth

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The moment of birth is a joyful miracle — a time when the loving bond between parent and child is first formed. But something else is formed in that moment that could be the key to the child’s lifelong health, according to an award-winning 2014 documentary.

• Shirley Ford

  By YS News Staff

  

  Shirley Durkee Ford passed away peacefully Jan. 3 at Friends Care Center. She was 84. On Sunday, Jan. 11, her family received friends at Clifton Presbyterian Church with a celebration of Shirley’s life. In her last act of kindness, Shirley donated her body to Wright State University’s Anatomical gift program, and contributions in her memory […]

• Little Art, big schedule: ‘Nanook’ leads documentaries

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  It’s cold. It’s dark. It’s the dead of winter. What to do? You still have to get out of the house once in a while. You still have to have some fun.