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• Rehab wing opens at Friends Care

  By Megan BachmanAugust 18, 2011

  

  When the new $2.25 million rehabilitation wing at Friends Care Community officially opens next week, the organization will have much to celebrate.

• A local Scarlett pens heartfelt books

  By Lauren Heaton

  Any period that’s rife with change is a good setting for a story, and the revolution-riddled 18th century is as fertile a ground as they come, according to local author Scarlett Rains.

• Parties bond neighborhoods

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Organizers of the annual neighborhood block parties want participants to have a good time. But beyond that, they aim to strengthen the ties between those who live close to each other in Yellow Springs.

• First small step for senior apartments

  By Lauren Heaton

  The most recent senior housing complex proposed for the Barr property downtown got its first nod from Village Planning Commission during a packed public hearing on Monday, Aug. 8.

• Farming food, reaping knowledge

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 11, 2011

  

  Preparing the ground for incoming students took on new meaning last week at Antioch College, as the revived college launched the Antioch College Farm, its first major sustainability project.

• P.O. changes, service same

  By Megan Bachman

  Changes have begun at the Yellow Springs Post Office as part of a nationwide effort by the U.S. Postal Service to cut costs by closing some post offices and consolidating functions among others.

• e-HDS prepares local move

  By Lauren Heaton

  “It’s exciting, isn’t it? We’re going to stay in Yellow Springs,” e-Health Data Solutions President John Sheridan said last week. “I’m happy everything worked out.”

• Teachers agree to pay freeze

  By Lauren Heaton

  The Yellow Springs school board unanimously approved a new contract with the Yellow Springs Education Association at its meeting Monday, Aug. 1.

• Jacoby headwaters land preserved

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The Semler farm on Snypp Road, one mile west of Yellow Springs, is one of only four remaining dairy farms in Greene County and contains the spring-fed headwaters of the Jacoby Creek, a source of the Village’s drinking water

• New, lush tunes on village streets

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Ben Hemmendinger says that his mom insists that when he bought his first accordion at age 8 (with a $20 gift from his grandmother), he said someday he’d play the instrument in the street.