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• Ryan rallies local support at dairy

  By Jeff SimonsNovember 8, 2012

  It was a little overcast and a bit blustery. But that didn’t stop more than 2,000 supporters from showing up at last Saturday’s Paul Ryan rally at Young’s Jersey Dairy. And a number of the Republican vice-presidential candidate’s supporters hailed from Yellow Springs.

• YSHS fall play picks up the pieces

  By Megan Bachman

  This year’s fall play at Yellow Springs High School has been full of drama with an unscripted denouement. Plagued by chronic absences and a slew of actors dropping out, three weeks into rehearsals for Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the production was scrapped.

• Canvassers blow in from the West

  By Megan Bachman

  A group of Northern California Democrats left 80-degree weather to brave the cold, November winds of Ohio in hopes of pushing the swing state further left this election. On Monday the four Californians, members of the West Yolo Democratic Club, warmed up at the Emporium before heading out to canvas for Yellow Springs congressional candidate Sharen Neuhardt in Fairborn in 40-degree blistery cold. But they seemed to be more focused on the winds of political change.

• Drafting the Village budget— Early numbers on target

  By Lauren Heaton

  The Village of Yellow Springs came to its budget process early this year, and happily too, with most funds coming in close to budget and a sizable cash carry-over to pad the operation. With several more workshops planned for Village Council meetings on Nov. 5 and 23 and Dec. 5, the Village plans to get the coming year’s budget passed by early 2013.

• Barbara Moore Vincent

  By YS News Staff

  Barbara Moore Vincent died Sept. 24 in her childhood home in Richmond, Calif. She was 96. Barbara was a former Richmond city planner and environmental activist who helped start the regional advocacy group Save the Bay. Her tireless work for public access is credited with helping save miles of shoreline from being overrun by industry. […]

• Senior Center director resigns

  By Lauren Heaton

  Yellow Springs Senior Center Director David Scott resigned his position on Oct. 31 after two years at the helm of the organization, citing personality differences between himself and the board of trustees. Scott, 63, said he plans to remain in Yellow Springs and enjoy his retirement spending time with his 95-year-old mother and walking his dog, Suzette.

• Miller smashes record in epic run

  By Megan Bachman

  In her last race as a Bulldog, Yellow Springs High School senior cross-country runner Lois Miller set out to finish with a personal best, but ended up making history. At the state finals on Saturday, Nov. 3, Miller demolished her career 5k record of 19:33 and the YSHS female cross-country record of 19:21 on her […]

• John Sidney Davis

  By Suzanne SzempruchNovember 1, 2012

  John Sidney Davis of Yellow Springs died on Monday, Oct. 15, at Friends Care Community. He was 75. John was born in Meadowview, Va. to William and Pearl Fitzsimmons Davis and lived in Ohio for most of his adult life. Mr. Davis was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield, where he […]

• Alice Rabson

  By YS News Staff

  

  A resident of Yellow Springs for 15 years, Alice Rabson died on Oct. 22 in Fredericksburg, Va. She was 92.

• Nov. 1, 2012 Bulldog Sports Round-up

  By Megan Bachman

  Boys soccer loses district finals An incredible post-season run for the Yellow Springs High School boys soccer team ended last Thursday at the hands of archrival Springfield Catholic Central. The fighting Irish scored within 30 seconds of the opening whistle, breaking the Bulldogs’ spirit and beginning an insurmountable 4–0 deficit from which YSHS couldn’t come […]