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• Making the call for calamity days

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 27, 2014

  

  During this exceptionally cold and snowy winter, Yellow Springs School Superintendent Mario Basora has closed local schools eight times, three more than the state’s maximum of five calamity days per school year without having to make up the days.

• Yellow Springs police look into stolen vehicles

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Two vehicles were stolen last week from residences in the northeast quandrant of the village, and about 10 more were entered or burglarized in the same general area.

• School board— School of rock replaces ‘flex’

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  An overwhelming majority of Yellow Springs High School students last fall voiced disappointment with part of a new scheduling system that was implemented at the beginning of the school year.

• Feb. 20, 2014 Bulldog sports round-up

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 20, 2014

  

  Feb. 20, 2014 Bulldog sports round-up

• Particulate pollution levels monitored— Cause of spike is unknown

  By Megan Bachman

  

  A regional air pollution agency is investigating an unprecedented and potentially dangerous spike in air pollution in Yellow Springs in December when an exceedingly high concentration of lung-penetrating particles was recorded.

• A new Chick heads to state

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Even though she’s a high school freshman, Olivia Chick has been to the state swim meet before, watching her older sister, Erika, compete for Yellow Springs.

• Yellow Springs downtown business mostly steady

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  When it comes to surviving as a business in downtown Yellow Springs, not all outfits are the same. The various successes and challenges of each seem to relate more to the practices of the shop owners and the pressures within each merchandising industry, rather than the common location at the hub of the village.

• Margaret McColaugh Lease

  By YS News Staff

  

  Margaret McColaugh Lease died peacefully at Springfield Regional Hospital on Feb. 17, following a serious stroke. She was 87.

• Richard E. ‘Dick’ Bullen

  By YS News Staff

  

  Richard E. “Dick” Bullen, of Xenia, passed away Sunday, Feb. 16, at Greenewood Manor in Xenia. He was 91.

• Yellow Springs News wins top state honor

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  The Yellow Springs News was honored as the best paper in Ohio in its size category at the annual convention of the Ohio Newspaper Association last week.