Village Life Section :: Page 6
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The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Wyatt’s predilection
“An exciting day: Yellow Springs Brewery is making the English pale ale ‘Wyatt’s Eviction,’ and so I shall show up to empty the mash tun and generally get in the way.”
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Ellis Park prairie takes root
What was previously a continuation of the grassy perimeter around the pond, the new native prairie — stretching across 4,500 square feet in the northern reaches of Ellis Park — is now a dappled patchwork of milkweed, aster, ironweed, coneflowers and other native flowers.
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Annual Black Farming Conference to return
The annual Black Farming Conference returns this year on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28 — this time in a new location.
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Tecumseh Land Trust seeks protection on 184 acres
Approximately 184 acres along Dayton-Yellow Springs Road may soon go up for auction to the highest bidder; Tecumseh Land Trust intends to purchase that land or work with a buyer to protect it from future development with conservation easements.
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Burn ban set for county as drought persists
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Ohio State Fire Marshal classified Greene County as experiencing an “extreme drought.” Following this, the marshal instated a burn ban for Greene and other Ohio counties under “extreme” or “exceptional” drought conditions.
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Free community meal welcomes all
The locally based Beloved Community Project offers a free community meal each month, typically on the third Saturday of each month, noon–2 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church. The next meal is Sept. 21.
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Burkett new Village Mediation coordinator
A free conflict-resolution service in Yellow Springs since 1989, the Village Mediation Program, or VMP, helps feuding villagers and township residents get to the bottom of their issues.
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Tin Can Economy | Lesser-of-two-evilism is bunk
“Vote for whomever you will, but please do not begrudge those with misgivings over checking the ‘lesser’ of the two evil boxes on Tuesday, Nov. 6.”
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Local swimmer’s goal spawns new nonprofit
Amy Wamsley is slated to swim across the English Channel next spring — a goal she’s held since childhood. At the same time, she’s currently working to build her newly established nonprofit, Amy’s Swimventure.
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Wheeling Gaunt Day celebration planned
The 365 Project will host the third annual Wheeling Gaunt Day on Saturday, Sept. 14, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Wheeling Gaunt Statue plaza to commemorate the life of the Black real estate investor/philanthropist who donated nine acres of land, now Gaunt Park, to the village.
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