Village Life Section :: Page 158

• Pining for a greener forest

  By Jeff SimonsOctober 4, 2012

  

  The Glen’s pine forest wasn’t all that big — less than 50 acres. For runners, bird watchers, and weekend trekkers it was a delightful destination. But the forest is disappearing, and it’s not the result of global warming, logging, or pollution.

• Village declares Jonas Bender Day

  By Jeff SimonsOctober 3, 2012

  

  Village resident Jonas Bender was honored at yesterday’s Village Council meeting, when Yellow Springs Mayor David Foubert declared Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, Jonas Bender Day. The mayor read a proclamation celebrating Bender for his model citizenship and life’s work to support education for youth, military service, the arts, and equality for all people. Bender has […]

• Village to rename Ellis Park in honor of tree man Lloyd Kennedy

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 27, 2012

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs and the Yellow Springs Tree Committee will honor Lloyd Kennedy with a renaming of Ellis Park tomorrow.

• A weekend of Wellness awaits

  By Megan Bachman

  In the late 1800s, Yellow Springs was a mecca for health and wellness as far-flung visitors flocked to the village to soak in the mineral-rich waters of the Yellow Spring. With hopes of re-igniting regional interest in the town’s alternative therapies, holistic health practitioners and artists have teamed up to put on this weekend’s Wellness Experience.

• Healing with ancient ways

  By Megan Bachman

  Virgil Mayor Apostol tends to get on people’s nerves. The holistic health practitioner treats his patients’ nervous system using traditional Filipino healing techniques like pulling, stretching, pressure and joint mobilization, and in so doing can help them heal from injury, chronic pain or work-related impairments.

• Lawson gardeners picket Greene Met

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 25, 2012

  With a little over a week to go before gardens at the Lawson Place public housing unit are permanently removed, residents and local allies picketed in front of Greene Metropolitan Housing Authority’s Xenia office on Friday.

• A weekend of wellness and art healing

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 21, 2012

  

  With hopes of re-igniting regional interest in the town’s alternative therapies, holistic health practitioners and artists have teamed up to put on this weekend’s Wellness Experience.

• YS to celebrate International Day of Peace

  By YS News StaffSeptember 19, 2012

  

  All over the world, people are getting ready to celebrate the International Day of Peace on Friday, Sept. 21. Yellow Springs is no exception, and the village will be celebrating with a few special events of its own.

• Local residents buy Barr property

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 12, 2012

  

  Last week two local residents purchased the Barr property located on the corner of Xenia Avenue and Limestone Street.

• Villagers to protest garden removal

  By YS News StaffSeptember 4, 2012

  

  After two months of attempted negotiation with Greene Metropolitan Housing Authority, the residents of Lawson Place are scheduled to lose their gardens on Monday, Oct. 1. To protest the removal of these gardens, a group of villagers is planning a rally and march on Sunday, Sept. 9