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  • New Liberty raises local food IQ

    By Megan BachmanJanuary 19, 2012

    Area goat farmers, from left, Caroline Mullin, Abby Dant, Jill Dant and Owen Betts, pictured here with the Dant’s goat Sampson, gave a workshop on raising the ruminant last weekend as part of New Liberty Farms winter workshop series. Beth Bridgeman, on right, is organizing the food and farming series from her new post at the farm, located north of Yellow Springs. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Seven-year-old Sampson is one lucky goat, according to his caretaker, Abby Dant of Xenia. Sampson was the demonstration goat at a workshop last weekend at the United Methodist Church, the first of six winter food and farming events organized by New Liberty Farms.

  • A fresh bid for Congress

    By Lauren Heaton

    Local resident Sharen Neuhardt has announced her candidacy representing Ohio’s District 10 in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    Local resident Sharen Neuhardt has played the political odds before and learned a lot while ceding the 2008 Congressional race to her Republican opponent. But this year, after redistricting, the odds are more favorable for Democrats

  • Village Council— Budget review shows revenue drop

    By Diane Chiddister

    At Village Council’s Jan. 3 meeting, Council members revisited the 2012 general fund budget and proposed Village capital projects for this year. Overall, the Village anticipates a drop in its general fund of about 25 percent compared to 2011,

  • Upbeat season for downtown

    By Megan Bachman

    For those turned off by the endless lines and swarming hoards of Black Friday shoppers at big box stores and malls, Yellow Springs may be a less hectic and more pleasant alternative.

  • A therapy dog in need of some help

    By Diane Chiddister

    Diane Davis is trying to raise $2,500 for surgery for her certified therapy Sheltie/Corgi mix, Raskel, who has a congenital malformation in her leg that makes walking painful. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    Recently, Diane Davis discovered that her dog has a congenital malformation on her left knee, which causes pain and lameness. Consequently, Raskel can’t walk on slippery hospital floors like other service dogs.

  • Jan. 19, 2012 Bulldog sports round-up

    By Megan Bachman

    Cole Edwards leaped just above a Jefferson defender’s reach to score a basket during the Yellow Springs High School boys varsity team’s loss last weekend. Earlier in the week, junior Roland Newsome scored 46 points in the team’s 93–89 overtime loss to Middletown Christian. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Jan. 19, 2012 Bulldog sports round-up

  • A brew of perfect proportion

    By Lauren HeatonJanuary 12, 2012

    Shane and Jacqui Creepingbear have started the Vitruvian Brewing Company, a small microbrewery in the space formerly occupied by the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute. They hope to to provide a locally-owned produced and bottled beer, with an initial production of about 600 gallons of various types each month. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    If there were such a thing as the perfect beer, the new Vitruvian Brewing Company would brew it. Their aim is to create a brew so perfectly balanced in nutrient, aroma and flavor that it could be called a “canon of proportions,” like the Vitruvian Man.

  • Oil company drilling OK’d

    By Megan Bachman

    Oil drilling may soon begin just outside Yellow Springs as a Miami Township couple recently gave an out-of-state oil and gas company permission to drill on their 61-acre property on West Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road.

  • Jan. 12, 2012 Bulldog sports round-up

    By Megan Bachman

    Senior swimmer Elizabeth Malone took off from the starting block en route to a new school record in the 50-yard freestyle at the Wayne Invitational at Wright State University last weekend. Malone finished second in the event in 25.87 seconds. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Jan. 12, 2012 Bulldog sports round-up

  • Miyazaki photo exhibit— True faces of Wisconsin protesters

    By Lauren Heaton

    A Wisconsin statehouse protester photographed by Kevin Miyazaki, whose portaits of others who opposed the state’s budget repair bill in early 2011 will appear in a show opening at the Emporium this Saturday, Jan. 7, at 6 p.m.

    Kevin Miyazaki, a photojournalist by trade, decided to record a more accurate picture of the Wisconsin statehouse protesters by setting up a portrait studio on the sidewalk and photographing the people who had come to voice their concerns.

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