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  • McKinney focuses on wellness

    By Diane ChiddisterApril 5, 2012

    McKinney Middle School students are shown last Monday during small group discussions that were part of Re-Do Day, an anti-bullying program. All students took part in the activity, which was part of a weeklong McKinney Wellness Week. The week also included presentations on male and female body image and suicide prevention. (photos Megan Bachman)

    Bullying is a problem everywhere in schools today, according to longtime ­McKinney Middle School teacher Sarah Lowe, and Yellow Springs is no exception.

  • Schools initiate new tax levy

    By Lauren Heaton

    Yellow Springs school board members faced a room of empty chairs last week as they discussed a school tax hike at their “committee of the whole” meeting on Thursday, March 22.

  • Richard Northway

    By YS News StaffMarch 29, 2012

    Richard Northway

  • March 29, 2012 Bulldog Sports Round-up

    By Megan Bachman

    March 29, 2012 Bulldog Sports Round-up

  • AU names new chancellor

    By Diane Chiddister

    This week Antioch University announced that Felice Nudelman, executive director of education for the New York Times Company, will be the university’s new chancellor beginning July 1. Nudelman will take the place of current Chancellor Toni Murdock, who is retiring at the end of seven years in that position.

  • Closing one door—Bittersweet goodbyes for the chief

    By Diane Chiddister

    After 25 years on the local force, Yellow Springs Police Chief John Grote’s last day on the job will be Friday, March 30. While his decision was mainly sparked by health concerns — he’s diabetic and has had two heart attacks in recent years — he also feels he has run his course as the Yellow Springs chief.

  • C of C efforts pay off— Village a mecca for many

    By Megan Bachman

    A mecca for arts lovers. A thoroughfare for avid bicyclists and hikers. A place to soak up street life and people watch. And now, a town in which slightly buzzed tourists can wander from bars to restaurants to shops.

  • Nudes reveal arts controversy

    By Megan Bachman

    Village Council will push to create a local policy for public art because of complaints from several Village employees about nudity and sexual content in artwork at the annual “Women’s Voices Out Loud” exhibit now on display at John Bryan Community Center.

  • Bender honored for WWII service

    By Diane ChiddisterMarch 22, 2012

    Villager Jonas Bender will be honored soon for his World War II military service, when he was part of the first group of African Americans to join the Marines. Called the Montford Point Marines, the group was subjected to racism and segregation while in the military. The group will receive the Congressional Gold Medal this spring for its contributions to the war effort. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    As a boy growing up in Mississippi, Jonas Bender knew about racism and segregation. But living in “the oasis of integration” that was the college town of Tougaloo, Bender knew about racism mainly from other people’s stories.

  • March 22, 2012 Bulldog Sports Round-up

    By Megan Bachman

    Yellow Springs High School athletes, from left, Elizabeth Malone, Antone Truss and Maryah Martin won awards for the winter sports season. Swimmer Malone and girls basketball player Martin were selected as this year’s Bulldog award-winners, while Truss was given sportsmanship and coach’s awards for the boys basketball squad. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    March 22, 2012 Bulldog Sports Round-up

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