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• School librarian grew many readers

  By Megan BachmanMay 16, 2013

  

  The right book in the hands of the right student can be magic, says retiring school librarian Mary Ann Christopher, who has hooked many a student on books in her 16 years as the librarian of Yellow Springs Schools.

• May 9, 2013 Bulldog sports round-up

  By Megan BachmanMay 9, 2013

  May 9, 2013 Bulldog sports round-up

• Xenia police arrest suspected Yellow Springs burglar

  By Lauren HeatonMay 8, 2013

  On Tuesday night, May 7, Yellow Springs police and the Greene County ACE Task Force raided the home of a suspect they believe is responsible for the series of residential burglaries.

• A prom re-do, with spiked punch

  By Megan BachmanMay 2, 2013

  At an adult prom, the punch comes pre-spiked. Chaperones encourage attendees to show more skin and dance a little closer. And no one has a curfew.

• Little Art celebrates last reel

  By Megan Bachman

  It’s the end of the reel for the Little Art Theatre. The 84-year-old theater will play its last 35-millimeter film print before dismantling its ancient projector during a special film festival beginning this weekend, after which the theater will close for three months to undergo a half-million-dollar renovation and digital upgrade.

• Police investigate burglaries

  By Lauren Heaton

  Last Friday morning, April 19, the Yellow Springs Police Department issued a Hyper Reach alert to all village residents, informing villagers of a rash of burglaries that have occurred in the village with increasing frequency over the past four months.

• Bulldog sports round-up

  By YS News Staff

  Bulldogs sweep pole vault The YSHS boys track and field team was defeated by Emanuel Christian last week in dual meet action by a score of 101–41 but turned in several admirable performances. The Bulldogs swept the pole vault competition as Eli Biggs (first place) and Oluka Okia (second place) both cleared 8´6˝ and broke […]

• Melanie Taylor

  By YS News Staff

  Melanie Joy Taylor (Van Eaton) slipped peacefully from this life on Thursday, April 4. She was 62. She died at Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia after four years of dialysis following kidney failure and deteriorating health. She was able to remain in her home with her daughter’s care and to contribute to the next generation […]

• YSSC full of members, not funds

  By Lauren Heaton

  The Yellow Springs Senior Center, which serves vital health, transportation and social needs for the area’s senior citizens, for the first time in 2011 and 2012 budgeted for a 6 percent deficit. While the local center is serving more seniors than ever before, around 700 individuals per year, revenue has not kept pace with the expenses needed to serve a growing population of elders.

• Spills threaten Springfield aquifer

  By Megan BachmanApril 25, 2013

  About three-and-a-half miles northwest of Springfield’s municipal well field is a landfill where 51,500 barrels of industrial waste were buried in the 1970s. Laid end-to-end, the barrels would stretch for 28 miles.