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• MTFR seeks new facility; WSU land is preferred option

  By Matt MindeJuly 25, 2013

  At its July 15 meeting Village Council approved a letter of support for Miami Township Fire-Rescue’s proposal to acquire the former site of Wright State Family Clinic for a new fire station and Township administration building.

• Vigil over vigilantism

  By Megan Bachman

  

  White and black neighbors came together for a silent candlelight vigil on Sunday night for Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old African-American victim of a fatal shooting in Florida.

• Pastor Derrick Weston to leave— Social justice voice to move on

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Pastor Derrick Weston will soon leave the First Presbyterian Church, which he has led since January 2012, to work towards just that cause as he becomes the director of a non-profit community development organization that empowers inner-city youth in Pittsburgh.

• Veterans share their ‘Coming Home’

  By Lauren Heaton

  Though it’s been nine years since he returned from the fighting, Iraq war veteran Aaron Hughes deals with the memories of his deployment every single day.

• Teacher contracts in sight

  By Lauren Heaton

  On Tuesday this week the Yellow Springs school board and the local district’s teacher’s union met with a federal mediator to draft a tentative agreement for a contract for the district’s 51 teaching staff members.

• From conflict to community at college

  By Megan Bachman

  Five Antioch students were allowed to continue taking summer classes three days into the session after an agreement was worked out last Thursday between students and administrators over overdue room and board fees.

• A college village in Antioch’s future?

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 18, 2013

  On a recent visit to Antioch College, architects from MacGlachlan, Cornelius and Filoni, who have designed for dozens of schools in the Northwest, noted the unique level of integration between the college and the village of Yellow Springs.

• Mary Agnes Hempfling

  By YS News Staff

  Mary Agnes Hempfling died Sunday, July 14 at Vancrest Health Care Center in Delphos, Ohio. She was 87.

• Rain check…

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  A smaller than usual but still enthusiastic crowd greeted Saturday’s rescheduled 4th of July parade last weekend. Rains on the 4th forced the parade’s forced rescheduling for Saturday, July 6.

• Charges pending for Glen counselor

  By Lauren Heaton

  Last week the Greene County Sheriff began working with the Greene County Prosecutor to settle on charges that will likely be handed to the Glen Helen naturalist who two weeks ago lied about a man with a gun in the Glen.