Village Life Section :: Page 169

• Village buys downtown property at auction

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 19, 2012

  

  Village buys vacant lot at Railroad and Dayton Streets.

• Village purchases Village Station at auction

  By YS News StaffOctober 18, 2012

  The Village purchased the parcel of property adjacent to the bike path.

• Women’s shelter started in Yellow Springs

  By Jeff Simons

  Local resident Susan Stiles helped found the Family Violence Prevention Center — informally known as the Xenia Women’s Shelter — in Greene County in 1979. Then it was called the Greene County Domestic Violence Project. It was initially located in a couple of different locations in Yellow Springs.

• Methodists celebrate 175 years

  By Matt Minde

  

  It was the year Martin Van Buren became the eighth president of the United States. Two months after his inauguration, New York City’s major banks failed, igniting the “Panic of 1837.” And in that same year, right here in Yellow Springs, the United Methodist Church held its first meetings.

• Zombies to swarm downtown

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Zombies will once again rise and gather in the seemingly quiet streets of downtown Yellow Springs on Saturday, Oct. 20, for the fourth annual Yellow Springs Zombie Walk.

• Raptor Center hosts open house

  By Aaron ZaremskyOctober 16, 2012

  

  The Glen Helen Raptor Center hosted an open house event last Sunday afternoon.

• Village to consider bidding on ‘Village Station’

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 12, 2012

  

  Village Council will vote next week on whether to authorize a bid on the “Village Station” property at the corner of Railroad and Dayton Streets.

• Kennedy’s near century of life, trees

  By Jeff SimonsOctober 11, 2012

  

  Lloyd Kennedy isn’t one to revel in the spotlight. Especially at an event like last Friday’s ceremony that rededicated Ellis Park as the Ellis Park and Lloyd Kennedy Arboretum.

• Greene County Domestic Violence Center Emphasizes Prevention and Intervention

  By Jeff Simons

  

  Since 1987, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence has designated October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the United States.

• Yellow Springs United Methodist Church Celebrates 175 Years

  By Jeff SimonsOctober 6, 2012