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• Frances Hill

  By YS News StaffAugust 16, 2012

  Frances Hill, resident of Friends Care Community, died on Friday, Aug. 3, a few days following her 87th birthday. Frances Louise (Artis) Hill was born Aug. 8, 1925 in West Liberty, Ohio, to Alvie C. and Louise Hazel (Clark) Artis. She attended school in Logan County, Ohio and graduated from the Monroe Township School in […]

• Beers crafted to please the palate

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The craft beer revolution is coming to Yellow Springs, say the owners of a new microbrewery here whose aim is not to transform local hearts and minds, but palates, one batch of handcrafted beer at a time.

• Township lawsuit dropped

  By Lauren Heaton

  A Greene County Common Pleas Court judge last week brokered a mutual dismissal of the case between the Miami Township Trustees and former Grinnell Mill B&B owner Donna McGovern

• AU creates new change-makers

  By Megan BachmanAugust 10, 2012

  

  For the 18 graduates from Antioch University’s Leadership and Change Ph.D. program, the degree was far more than an academic accomplishment.

• Villagers re-decorate for tolerance

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 9, 2012

  

  When Yellow Springers celebrated Pride weekend last month, many honored the occasion by attaching colorful bands of yarn and felt around trees and light poles downtown. So it came as a shock when some villagers noticed this month that someone had been cutting down the art.

• T-ball finale­— Opening our hearts to children

  By Jimmy Chesire

  

  It was a splendid night. I was in an end-of-season, love-fest state of euphoria.

• A bit of summer street magic

  By Matt Minde

  

  Susan Gartner is one of several residents of the Davis/Whiteman/Phillips Street area who have made block parties a spirited annual event in their neighborhood.

• Council considers drilling ordinance— Ban would be first in Ohio

  By Megan Bachman

  Yellow Springs, though far from the epicenter of natural gas fracking in Ohio, could nevertheless become the first town in the state to ban all oil and gas drilling and waste wells within its municipal limits through passage of what is described as rights-based legislation.

• AUM plans for recovery

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  After a brief stint as provost this spring, Ellen Wood Hall’s current role as interim president of Midwest has given her a challenge: to reverse downward enrollment trends and to more evenly balance the strengths of all three of the school’s academic programs.

• Year of challenge for class of ’15

  By Megan Bachman

  

  For the first class of the revived Antioch College, the last nine months have been intense.