From The Print Section :: Page 502

• Drought affects crops, lawns

  By Megan BachmanAugust 2, 2012

  

  The hot and dry weather this summer has no doubt stressed local homeowners whose lawns have turned brown from lack of rain. But even more stressed are area crops.

• Timeline for zoning revision

  By Diane Chiddister

  At the July 16 Village Council meeting, Council member Lori Askeland announced an upcoming process to introduce villagers to proposed changes in the Village zoning code.

• Choice of replacement trees complex

  By Lauren Heaton

  “The right tree for the right location” is a phrase oft repeated by arborists dispensing long-term landscaping advice. It was used several times last week by those focused on deciding how to replace the trees that line the downtown.

• Quirky tales of village history

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Some of the colorful people and places of Yellow Springs history came alive last Sunday, during a walking tour of the village led by local historian Robin Heise.

• T-ball winds down this Friday

  By Jimmy Chesire

  At the beginning of the evening, Edwin Harrah, 2, is running with us from right field, where we do our warm-up exercises, back onto the diamond. Well, not running exactly. Edwin’s 2. He’s a toddler. And toddlers toddle.

• Seadogs win two to finish season

  By YS News StaffJuly 26, 2012

  

  The Yellow Spring Seadogs Swim Team finished their season with a win against Clinton County swim team, 334 to 315, on July 19.

• Joseph Douglas Robinson

  By YS News Staff

  

  The world’s most wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 15 at The Ohio State University Medical Center.

• Anne ‘Mitzi’ Wilson Wheeler

  By YS News Staff

  

  Anne “Mitzi” Wilson Wheeler, age 83, died at her home in Bridgewater, Mass., on July 14.

• Village Council­— Street trees spark debate

  By Diane Chiddister

  A standing-room only crowd filled Council chambers Monday night, when villagers weighed in on proposed changes to the downtown streetscape, with many expressing distress about the prospect of losing downtown trees

• Wood grill to light a food movement

  By Lauren Heaton

  It turns out the slow food movement is only partly about food — albeit delicious, fresh, bursting-with-flavor food.