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• Schools hire new teachers, staff

  By Lauren HeatonJune 23, 2011

  After a slate of retirements that took place this past year, the Yellow Springs schools began the rebuilding process this month by hiring six new teachers and staff.

• Peggy Lou Pitstick

  By YS News Staff

  Peggy Lou Pitstick died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 19, at Kettering Hospital, one day after her 78th birthday.

• Village Council— How much to cut back trees?

  By Diane Chiddister

  At their June 6 meeting Village Council began a discussion of Village tree-trimming policy, sparked by the need to budget money for this year’s tree work.

• Youths plead guilty to offense

  By Lauren Heaton

  This week police charged five male youth from Yellow Springs and one from Beavercreek with committing a dangerous “prank” at the home of an Omar Circle resident early in the morning on June 7.

• Village zoning code update to begin soon

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 16, 2011

  In recent years, a vision of how Yellow Springs should stay vital has emerged, expressed both in the recently revised Village Comprehensive Plan and last year’s visioning effort.

• Meredith Dallas memorial

  By YS News Staff

  A memorial service celebrating the life of Meredith Dallas will be held Sunday, June 19, 2 p.m. in the Glen Helen Building.

• Musical event lifts a town and college

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  To have loved and lost is better than the usual alternative, but not quite as good as to have loved, lost and then regained love again — at least according to both 18th century composer Willibald Gluck and the leaders of Antioch College.

• Village Council — Hard questions for green town

  By Diane Chiddister

  Village Council addressed the issue whether the Village should sign a contract with American Municipal Power, or AMP, for participation in a natural gas plant in Fremont, Ohio.

• Census rental data is surprising

  By Megan Bachman

  Tales of a tight rental market abound in Yellow Springs, in contrast to the latest U.S. Census data reporting 52 unoccupied rentals and a 7.9 percent rental vacancy rate in the village.

• Green gardeners learn to grow

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Gardening is not just for green thumbs any more. As more and more local neighborhood gardens sprout, the Growers Exchange offers a forum where seasoned local growers share their knowledge with novice gardeners in exchange for labor.