Village Life Section :: Page 13

• ‘Like a war zone’ | Yellow Springs residents remember the 1974 Xenia tornado

  By Reilly DixonApril 9, 2024

  

  This year, grim memories of the Xenia tornado turn 50. To mark the occasion, the News talked to several dozen current and former local residents who shared their stories of that fateful and fearful day, what came after and how they were — and continue to be — affected.

• Viewing the 2024 Solar eclipse in Yellow Springs

  By Matt MindeApril 8, 2024

  

  Information for anyone in the dark — pun intended — about the Great Eclipse of 2024, and what to do afterwards.

• Weather-related closures and reschedulings

  By Matt MindeApril 2, 2024

  

  A partial list of canceled or rescheduled events for Tuesday, April 2.

• Seniors say ‘yes, and…’ to life

  By Reilly DixonMarch 20, 2024

  

  Through exercises that build confidence, foster humility and sharpen wit, village resident and lifelong improv actor Justin Howard is teaching local seniors how to say “yes, and …” to life.

• Free community meal welcomes all

  By YS News StaffMarch 14, 2024

  

  The locally based Beloved Community Project offers a free community meal the third Saturday of each month, noon–2 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church. The next meal is March 16.

• Yellow Springs prepares for April 8 eclipse

  By Reilly DixonMarch 12, 2024

  

  On Monday, April 8, Yellow Springs will have a front row view of a once-in-a-lifetime event of astronomical proportions: a total solar eclipse.

• News from the Past: February 2024

  By Guest ContributorMarch 11, 2024

  

  Contributing writer Don Hollister dove into the YS News archives to uncover past articles and more in his most recent installment of his News from the Past column.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Poetry in motion

  By Guest ContributorMarch 1, 2024

  

  “Things fall apart, the center cannot hold. Burst pipes and a new sediment filter set me back $600. I hope I can maintain the house above freezing through February and early March, but we will have to see.”

• Glen Helen meets $4.25 million campaign goal

  By YS News StaffFebruary 29, 2024

  

  The Glen Helen Association has announced the completion of its $4.25 million campaign, launched in June 2020, to purchase Glen Helen Nature Preserve from Antioch College, reopen the preserve to the public and more.

• News from the Past | Villagers save Whitehall Farm

  By YS News StaffFebruary 26, 2024

  

  As the result of communitywide activism and campaigning, villagers raised $1.2 million to save the 940-acre Whitehall Farm from development.