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• Baldwin buys Kings Yard

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 9, 2010

  The sale of the long building of shops in Kings Yard that was auctioned off in April was finalized last week by the purchaser, Bob Baldwin.

• School’s 2020 plan kicks off

  By Lauren Heaton

  The Yellow Springs School Board’s Class of 2020 strategic planning process kicked off Saturday morning with a community workshop at the Glen Helen Building.

• Betcher memorial set

  By Matt MindeDecember 8, 2010

  A memorial service for Frank Betcher will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m. in Rockford Chapel.

• Sale of Kings Yard north closes

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 2, 2010

  

  Local resident Bob Baldwin purchased the string of shops on the northern edge of Kings Yard yesterday.

• Santa and bonfire at tree festival

  By YS News Staff

  

  Yet again, the annual Yellow Springs High School School Forest Festival is upon us, and School Foresters will be camping out in the cold for a weekend and selling their trees.

• Zoning issue stymies infill

  By Megan Bachman

  The denial of a density variance last month by the Board of Zoning Appeals is motivating some Village officials to reconsider the criteria the board uses to grant variances and to review the overall effectiveness of the Village’s zoning code.

• An ‘Uncle Vanya’ that kids can get

  By Lauren Heaton

  In 1979 a writer and teacher named Phillip Lopate decided to have his fifth- and sixth-grade students at PS 75 in New York City stage a production of Uncle Vanya on Broadway. Thirty years later, one of those students, Sasha Waters Freyer, has made a film, Chekhov for Children.

• Yellow Springs could recycle more

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Yellow Springs has a relatively good recycling track record; Yellow Springers recycle about twice as much as residents of Germantown and about three times as much as Xenia residents.

• New firm aims big for local solar

  By Megan Bachman

  

  In October, a new local company, Yellow Springs Renewable Energy, held a public forum to educate the community on the renewable energy revolution taking place in the country and state their goal of leading that renewable energy revolution locally.

• Food pantry need is on the rise

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Patty McAllister is making sure that no one in Yellow Springs goes hungry. The Yellow Springs Community Food Pantry, which she coordinates, provides free food and household goods on a bi-weekly and emergency basis to local households in need.