Village Life Section :: Page 2
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A decade of feeding the community at Heartbeat Learning Gardens
Since reorganizing as a nonprofit in 2016, Heartbeat Learning Gardens has donated all its organically grown produce to local food pantries; this year marks a decade of that work.
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Spring(s) | Beloved Community transformed
“The fact that Mrs. Obama and her brother are purposefully focusing on personal interaction as opposed to any audience expectation of politics is subtly and exactly right for where we are in America today.”
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Advocates map road to LGBTQ+ equality
“The Roadmap Back to Equality,” an “Evening for Equality” conversation, will feature Jim Obergefell, the Ohio man whose name became synonymous with marriage equality in 2015 when he became the lead plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that established same-sex marriage rights in the U.S.
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The Patterdale Hall Diaries | The spice of life
“The Scorpions of Patterdale Hall is now for sale at The Barrel House. The drink is smoky, briny, bitter and fiercely spicy. It is also delicious, surprisingly. I was reminded of a spicy Oaxacan mezcal.”
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Down to Earth | Light at night comes at cost
Over the past 100 years, humans have transformed the night, erasing the natural darkness with which we evolved. While artificial light at night is crucial to our modern world, it comes at a cost.
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Agraria sows seeds of hope
Agraria has narrowed its operational focus to four areas: enacting farm-scale permaculture practices, building local ecological knowledge, fostering citizen science and reskilling to preserve traditional practices.
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Bentino’s Pizza now YS Pizza Company
After nearly 20 years under a familiar name, Bentino’s Pizza in Yellow Springs is preparing to reintroduce itself. The Xenia Avenue pizza parlor will soon become YS Pizza Company, owner Carl Lea told the News last month.
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Meet Your Nonprofits | Feminist Health Fund— Bridging healthcare gaps
Now in its fourth decade, the Feminist Health Fund provides direct financial assistance to women facing unaffordable health care costs including prescriptions, diagnostic testing, dental care and trauma recovery.
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Yellow Springs United Methodist Church aims for Easter renewal
The 178-year-old church aims to open its doors with renewed vitality on Easter Sunday, April 5, as both a place of worship and as a place the congregation hopes the wider community will once again feel called to enter.
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News from the Past: March 2026
Contributing writer Don Hollister dove into the YS News archives to uncover past articles and more in his most recent installment of his News from the Past column.
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