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• Village to seek levy renewal

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 20, 2011

  Village Council will seek a renewal rather than a reduction of its current property tax levy on the May ballot, Council members stated at their Jan. 3 meeting.

• Some construction expected

  By Megan Bachman

  While the majority of homes sold in the village each year are existing structures, new construction continues to add housing stock to the village. And even during this construction off-season, interest is picking up for new housing.

• YSHS’s O’Brien retiring after 33 years — A passion for lifelong fitness

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Retiring Yellow Springs High School teacher Kevin O’Brien hopes that he inspired students to commit to lifelong fitness as he worked to create a strong physical education program in the Yellow Springs School District.

• Village officers’ daily duty dangerous

  By Lauren Heaton

  Naomi Penrod does her best to keep the duties of her job as a Yellow Springs Police officer in perspective. She keeps a photo of her daughter on her clipboard to remind her that while it is her job to keep the community safe, her goal at the end of every day is to get back home to her little girl.

• New YSHS newspaper a hit with students

  By YS News StaffJanuary 13, 2011

  

  Along with many other changes that took place this year at YSHS, something new was offered to students: a unique, workshop-type class in which students produce a monthly school newspaper.

• Macbeth offers up the Oten for sale

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The brick archways of the Oten Gallery have been a labor of love and obsession for Alan Macbeth, the owner and creator of the distinctive structure on Xenia Avenue. But after several years testing the sound of his voice saying he feels ready to sell, he is sure that he is no longer in a position to steward his master work.

• YS works to get clinic back

  By Lauren Heaton

  Maintaining a local medical clinic at the site of the former Wright State Physicians Family Health Center is the best use for the property at the corner of Xenia Avenue and Herman Street, according to Village Planning Assistant Ed Amrhein.

• Council urged to make low-cost homes efficient

  By Diane Chiddister

  In Village Council’s first discussion of a draft agreement for a proposed affordable housing project at its Jan. 3 meeting, Council was urged to require from the developer tighter energy efficient building practices than currently specified.

• Sun warms homes at Thistle Creek

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Home building may not be his primary career, but Yellow Springs electronics distributor Roy Eastman is no novice either, as he has spent the last several years researching energy-efficient building and retrofitting his company’s office.

• Mildred Engle

  By YS News StaffJanuary 6, 2011

  Mildred Alice (Neer) Engle died at her home in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Dec. 24. She was 87. Mildred was born July 13, 1923, in Champaign County, Ohio, to Lester William and Goldie Faulkner Neer. She was married in 1946 to Ernest Lee Engle, who preceded her in death in March of 2003. She was […]