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  • A world of Legos not just for kids

    By Megan BachmanSeptember 8, 2011

    Kyle Peterson opened the Lego set and accessory store Blokhedz on Dayton Street last month. From the space he also runs Brick Forge, a successful minifigure customized accessory company that he started in his garage. Peterson, an Adult Fan of Lego, recently showed off a meteor crash he built for the store’s window display. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Playing with Legos may be a child’s game, but the colorful plastic bricks have long been Kyle Peterson’s adult hobby and, for the last six years, his livelihood.

  • Police Chief Grote to retire

    By Lauren Heaton

    Police Chief John Grote announced that he is retiring from the force. (Yellow Springs News Archives)

    After 25 years of community policing in Yellow Springs, Police Chief John Grote has announced that he is retiring from the force.

  • State gives schools high marks

    By Lauren Heaton

    For the second consecutive year Yellow Springs Exempted Village School District earned a ranking of excellent with distinction on its report card from the State of Ohio.

  • Artist Michael Casselli — Art, talk that sizzles and sparks

    By Megan Bachman

    In his studio, contemporary artist Michael Casselli surveyed the handmade paper he learned to create for a recent exhibition. His current Emporium show, ‘Works on Paper,’ features seven printed images of abstracted young faces to emphasize the intangible quality of memory. It runs until Sept. 30. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    From his 5,000-square-foot studio in Millworks, Michael Casselli creates artwork that sparks and fizzes, blurs boundaries and engages all senses.

  • Family philanthropy benefits Yellow Springs

    By Megan Bachman

    Playing at the Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center, near a new fence financed with a 2009 Morgan Family Foundation grant, are Oliver Bahn and Isaac Ellis. The Morgan Family Foundation, which has given away millions of dollars to local groups since 2003, was founded by Lee and Vicki Morgan. At each family reunion the Morgan Family Foundation offers each family member the opportunity to give $500 to an organization of their choice. (Submitted Photo)

    Many Yellow Springs nonprofits have a friend in the Morgan Family Foundation, which has contributed several million dollars to local groups since 2003.

  • David S. Marshall

    By YS News Staff

    David S. Marshall died Tuesday, Aug. 23. He was 67.

  • Sept. 8, 2011 Bulldog Sports Round-up

    By YS News Staff

    YSHS freshman Taylor Beck putted for bogey at the par three second hole at Locust Hills Golf Course in Springfield last week, while teammate Liam Weigand cheered her on. Beck scored 66 over nine holes as the YSHS golf team (1–2) lost the match to Dayton Christian 209–170. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Sept. 8, 2011 Bulldog Sports Round-up

  • No-fracking event aims to mobilize

    By Megan Bachman

    Yellow Springs will host a regional meeting of community organizers working to prevent hydraulic fracturing, a controversial drilling technique linked to groundwater contamination.

  • At 90, a wealth of memories

    By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 1, 2011

    At age 90, Frank Kakoi looks back on a long and happy life, although it included a period in a U.S. government relocation camp during World War II, since Kakoi and his family are Japanese. Ernest Morgan brought Kakoi to Yellow Springs to work at the Yellow Springs News in order to release him from the camp. Later, Morgan brought the rest of his family to the village. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    At age 90, Frank Kakoi has a good head for numbers, especially those that were meaningful in his life.

  • Barr project forum scheduled

    By Diane Chiddister

    At their Aug. 15 meeting, members of Village Council agreed to hold a public hearing on the Planned Unit Development, or PUD, request from Home, Inc. to build senior apartments on the Barr property downtown at Council’s Sept. 19 meeting.

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