Village Life Section :: Page 183

• Census shows resident drop

  By Megan BachmanMarch 17, 2011

  If estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau hold, the population in the Village of Yellow Springs may have declined by 12.9 percent from 2000 to 2009, to 3,275 residents.

• A weekend of wellness, healing in the village

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Learn new practices for optimal health. Refresh your body and renew your spirit after a long winter. Meditate, do yoga, make art, use herbs and explore the unconscious.

• Young minds, bodies take to yoga in the schools

  By Sehvilla MannMarch 3, 2011

  

  A group of 19 students sits cross-legged on purple mats in Sarah Lowe’s classroom at McKinney Middle School; they’ll be spending the next 50 minutes practicing yoga.

• Friends plans to sell Barr property

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 24, 2011

  This week a Friends Care Community task force announced plans to sell the Barr property, which the Morgan Family Foundation had gifted to the care center in November.

• Cemex fined, to cut emissions

  By Megan Bachman

  Cemex, Inc. agreed to pay a $1.4 million fine for Clean Air Act violations at its cement plant off of Dayton-Yellow Springs Road in Fairborn.

• Tree-trimming policy eyed

  By Diane Chiddister

  At the Feb. 7 Village Council meeting, a citizen urged the Village to reconsider its tree-trimming policy in the wake of the recent ice storm that knocked out power for 80 percent of village homes.

• Villagers rally on ‘fracking’ concern

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Local residents are gearing up to educate themselves and the community about the potential hazards of oil and gas drilling.

• Presbyterian church gets a makeover

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 23, 2011

  

  The First Presbyterian Church is repairing structural damage to its 150-year-old sanctuary and the 57-year-old Westminster Hall.

• The skunks are out!

  By Matt MindeFebruary 20, 2011

  The weather has let up. You let the dog out. A few moments later you hear a scuffle, a tell-tale yelp.

• Seeking way forward on affordability

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 17, 2011

  Since villagers began discussing the need for affordable housing in Yellow Springs in the 1970s, the issue has fostered lively and forceful debate that has sometimes divided the community.