Village Life Section :: Page 192

• 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.

• Drillers ask for land leases

  By Megan Bachman

  An energy company began contacting landowners in Miami Township last week about leasing their land for oil and gas drilling.

• Ice will melt, but the stories linger

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  The Great Yellow Springs Ice Storm of 2011 had a silver lining, as the warmth of community softened Mother Nature’s blow.

• Update on brush collection

  By Kathryn HitchcockFebruary 16, 2011

  Take brush to curb in pieces that seem manageable for collection.

• Will you be my valentine?

  By Aaron ZaremskyFebruary 13, 2011

  

  The Yellow Springs Public Library hosted a valentine-making event for children last Friday afternoon.

• YS Bahá’ís back those in Iran

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 10, 2011

  Growing up in Iran in the 1950s and ’60s, local resident Farzaneh (Behjati) Mader experienced some discrimination based on her adherence to the Bahá’í faith. But the Iranian Revolution had changed the country beyond recognition, especially for the Behjatis.

• Fracking concerns arise in village

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The prospect of oil and gas drilling in the area is raising worries among some Yellow Springs residents because of a controversial drilling technique called fracking. What does the fracking process entail?

• Branch Pick-Up Planned

  By Kathryn HitchcockFebruary 9, 2011

  

  The Village will pick up branches from the storm if villagers put the debris on the curb.

• Village ice storm stories

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 4, 2011

  

  On Thursday, after the lights came back on downtown, villagers could be found sharing stories about the ice storm that crashed through town Tuesday night.

• Some villagers still without power

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 3, 2011

  

  Village crews continue to work today, Thursday, Feb. 3, to restore power to village homes after Tuesday night’s brutal ice storm. Most villagers now have electricity, although about 30 percent of homes were still without power on Thursday morning.