Village Life Section :: Page 170

• Claus or Haws? — In search of the real Santa

  By Megan BachmanDecember 24, 2011

  

  I must have been about eight years old when my older brother showed me the pile of wrapped Christmas presents in my parents’ closet, thus dashing my belief in Santa Claus. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a man in a red-and-white suit walking through downtown Yellow Springs last weekend!

• New doctor comes to town

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 23, 2011

  

  Dr. Jennifer Frey has joined the Yellow Springs obstetrics and gynecology practice of Dr. Keith Watson.

• Birds a little shy of Christmas count

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 21, 2011

  

  Glen Helen’s Christmas Bird Count yielded smaller numbers this year than last.

• Two ways to share in the holidays

  By Megan BachmanDecember 15, 2011

  

  While it took several hauntings for Ebenezer Scrooge to transform from a stingy miser to a charitable giver, villagers have already embodied the holiday spirit this season with generous donations of food and gifts to two long-time local projects.

• The Glen in winter home to many birds — count on it

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 12, 2011

  

  Join the Glen’s efforts next weekend to count the birds of Yellow Springs.

• Village welcomes all for a holiday tradition

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 8, 2011

  

  Come start the holiday season this weekend with a Holiday in the Village.

• Clifton Winterfest underway

  By YS News StaffDecember 6, 2011

  

  The third annual Clifton Winterfest is officially open.

• Occupy sparks local dialogue

  By Megan BachmanDecember 1, 2011

  

  Money, like religion, politics, and sex, is a sensitive topic of public conversation. But as Occupy Wall Street protesters lambast commercial banks, the decision of where to bank has become increasingly public.

• A civil rights milestone, 50 years on

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Fifty years ago this month, African-American villager Paul Graham walked into Lewis Gegner’s barbershop on Xenia Avenue, sat down in his barber chair and asked for a haircut. “I can’t cut your hair,” the white barbershop owner replied, according to Graham’s account. “I don’t know how. That’s all there is to it.” That day Graham […]

• A transition time for Nonstop

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Since its launch after the shut-down of Antioch College, the educators and artists of Nonstop Institute have been nothing if not flexible and creative. And their flexibility is being called upon once again, as Nonstop members adapt to the newest phase of the group’s existence.