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• Mary Lee Boles

  By YS News StaffMarch 14, 2013

  Mary Lee Boles of Yellow Springs passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 10 at Greene Memorial Hospital. She was 78.

• Planning Commission on zoning update— Gauging flexibility for work at home

  By Diane Chiddister

  Tiny houses, home businesses and zoning for the now-closed Norah’s dominated the discussion of Planning Commission on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at a special meeting to continue to review the Village zoning code revision. The planners will hold a public hearing on the revision on Thursday, March 21. After that, the code revision will go to Council for further review and final approval.

• Center Stage play opens Friday— ‘The Crucible’ across eras

  By Anisa Kline

  In the upcoming weeks, the Center Stage community theater group will put on its fourth theater production since its revival in 2011.

• Paul F. Ihrig

  By YS News Staff

  Paul F. Ihrig, aged 99 years and 8 months, died Saturday, March 2, at Friends Care Community.

• Police views on gun control vary— Many officers for background checks

  By Lauren Heaton

  On Jan. 28 five young men between the ages of 19 and 23 entered a home on Victoria Avenue in Fairborn to purchase marijuana. During the transaction, one of the visitors threatened the residents with a weapon and attempted to rob them. Instead, the resident pulled out his own gun and shot two of the visitors, injuring one and killing the other, Ta’Vaun Fambrough, a 19-year-old Central State University freshman.

• John ‘Johnnyk’ Kilbourne

  By YS News StaffMarch 7, 2013

  Johnnyk, 51, passed away quietly on Feb. 25 in Yakima, Wash., surrounded by family and friends, after a short battle with melanoma cancer.

• Energy group helps Village to conserve

  By Diane Chiddister

  According to the 2012 annual report from the Yellow Springs Energy Board at Village Council’s Feb. 19 meeting, the Village will, in the next few years, receive the large majority of its electrical power from renewable sources.

• WYSO’s ReInvention Stories— Dayton resilience, on air and web

  By Anisa Kline

  ReInvention Stories, a collaboration between WYSO public radio and local filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar, uses video, radio and interactive online media to explore how Dayton is re-charging itself after years of economic collapse.

• Women’s Voices — Some art in hall, some not

  By Diane Chiddister

  What is the right balance between promoting free expression and protecting Village government from lawsuits if that expression offends? At their Feb. 19 meeting, Village Council members wrestled with that thorny issue as they determined the best way to display art during the upcoming Women’s Voices Out Loud exhibit.

• Henry ‘Hank’ Cates

  By YS News Staff

  Henry (Hank) Cates of Yellow Springs died peacefully at home on March 1. He was 71.