Village Life Section :: Page 182

• New family doctor opens Xenia Avenue office

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 8, 2012

  

  Dr. Alan Fark, formerly of northern Michigan, has opened a new family medicine practice in Yellow Springs.

• Tragedy sparks effort for new laws

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 2, 2012

  

  Life changed swiftly, horribly and irrevocably for the Drummond family on a hot sunny August day last year. Jaye and Kelly Drummond had taken their two children, Lauren, 5, and Matthew, 3, for a picnic at the George Rogers Clark Park west of Springfield, where they lived at the time. They decided to drive back […]

• Drilling effects on groundwater questioned

  By Megan Bachman

  Despite a yearlong campaign by Yellow Springs and Miami Township residents and environmental activists urging that area landowners not lease their land for oil and gas drilling, three residents northwest of the village in Miami Township have signed lease agreements.

• Glen trails get makeover

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 1, 2012

  

  When spring comes and Glen Helen fills up with hikers, they may notice that the nature preserve is easier to traverse, with new stairs, boardwalks and rails along its most-traveled trail.

• Yellow Springs history in spotlight

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 27, 2012

  

  Robin Heise, a graduate student in public history at Wright State, will give a talk this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Senior Center on her research on local historical buildings.

• Cultivating global green thumbs

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 26, 2012

  

  For many, yard work can be a chore. For Nadia Malarkey, the care and cultivation of her backyard labyrinth of trees, vines and plants is perennially a joy. At their best, gardens can be places of respite, connection and, above all, environmental stewardship.

• Local kale for the K–12 crowd? Lessons in fresh food service

  By Megan Bachman

  Three years into the Columbus-area school’s local food initiative, its cafeteria regularly serves up healthy meals prepared on-site using raw, organic ingredients, about 40 percent of which are sourced from within 125 miles of the school.

• Lucky local wins Senior Center raffle

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 24, 2012

  

  Local resident Alicia Erfe won the 2004 Toyota Siena mini-van in the Yellow Springs Senior Center raffle last week.

• At winter market, greens in the gray

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 19, 2012

  

  The Yellow Springs Winter Farmers Marketlaunched its third season last Saturday, Jan. 7, in the basement of the First Methodist Church.

• New Liberty raises local food IQ

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Seven-year-old Sampson is one lucky goat, according to his caretaker, Abby Dant of Xenia. Sampson was the demonstration goat at a workshop last weekend at the United Methodist Church, the first of six winter food and farming events organized by New Liberty Farms.