Village Life Section :: Page 197

• Affordability a village issue

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 11, 2010

  Anecdotal evidence in the region suggests that Yellow Springs is a relatively expensive place to live, and real estate data supports the assumption that the cost of housing in the village is relatively high, compared to surrounding communities.

• Village veterans remember wars

  By Megan Bachman

  

  For those who saw military combat or served in the U.S. armed forces, Nov. 11, Veterans Day, is a time to remember the often painful memories of war and to honor their comrades who did not make it home. As the local veterans who live and work in Yellow Springs reflect on wars that changed their lives…

• Peifer Orchards lets the Autumn flavors flow

  By Aaron ZaremskyNovember 6, 2010

  

  Peifer Orchards will continue to press apple cider until December, when the cider season will end.

• Join Glen’s Honeysuckle Daze

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 1, 2010

  

  Glen Helen calls for volunteers to help with this Saturday’s Honeysuckle Daze, a day to oust the invasive species that threatens to take over the preserve.

• Ghostly tales spook town throughout its history

  By Megan BachmanOctober 29, 2010

  

  Among Yellow Springs’ most well-known ghost stories are tales more than 100 years old — the “Jersey Angel” and “Thunderstorm Ghost.” Read them here.

• Tales of hauntings in the village

  By Megan BachmanOctober 28, 2010

  Apparitions and ghostly music at Ye Olde Trail Tavern. Loaves of bread flying off the counter at the Sunrise Cafe. Disembodied voices in Antioch’s Main Building. Chairs traveling through the air in the Union Schoolhouse. A phantom walking around John Bryan State Park.

• On Halloween, boo to you, too

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Have you heard about the ghost cows in the village, and the long-dead owner who some people still hear calling his herd? Or about the retired steamboat captain who built a home the shape of his ship, with a bell that allegedly can still be heard on foggy nights?

• Energy Board recommends line-drying—A meditative, energy-saving habit

  By Megan BachmanOctober 21, 2010

  

  Laura Ellison, who has been air drying her laundry since she was 22, doesn’t see her energy-saving act as a sacrifice. Stringing clothes on lines that zigzag her living room in front of a wood stove is a relaxing, almost spiritual experience.

• Village a comfortable bicultural fit

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  When Enshané Nomoto was looking for a place to settle near her new job last year, she got an obscure recommendation from a classmate she hardly knew to visit Yellow Springs. She didn’t know what to expect. She and her husband, Yukio, were looking for a place that was progressive…

• October sun brings fall Street Fair to life

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 11, 2010

  

    Warm-weather seekers from the surrounding region surged into Yellow Springs for Saturday’s fall Street Fair. Kids went straight for the young fuzzy alpacas and the sand and henna art fundraiser for the Yellow Springs High School class of 2012, while others took an interest in hand-made jewelry, shea butter products and bonzai plantings. And […]