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2024

Village Life Section :: Page 62

  • No deal yet on Glen Helen

    By Audrey HackettJune 9, 2020

    After more than 50 years in an environment that was never meant for large conifers, the Glen’s pine forest appers to be thinning to extinction. (Photo by Jeff Simons)

    The fate of Glen Helen remains uncertain this week, with no deal yet between Antioch College and the Glen Helen Association, or GHA, a nonprofit group separate from the college.

  • Crash victim known for kindness, heart

    By Carol Simmons

    Abstracts by local artists Martin Borchers will be on display in a collaborative show, “Artifacts of Vacuity,” at The Winds Cafe that opens Jan. 15. (photos by Aaron Zaremsky)

    By all accounts, Martin Harold Benedict Borchers was in a pretty good place in his life Wednesday morning, May 27, before the car he was driving went off the right side of a narrow country road and hit a utility pole head on.

  • ‘We have to trust the math’: An interview with Dr. Skip Leeds

    By Megan BachmanJune 6, 2020

    Two weeks ago, Yellow Springs News editor Megan Bachman spoke with local physician Dr. Stuart “Skip” Leeds by phone to get his take on COVID-19 in the state of Ohio and Yellow Springs. He addresses masks, Ohio’s reopening plan, early pandemic projections, the possibility of a second wave and local responses to the threat.

  • COVID-19 update— Nursing homes vulnerable

    By Audrey HackettJune 4, 2020

    Nursing homes across Ohio have adopted similar measures, and all have been operating under visitor restrictions since ordered to do so by the state health department on March 13.

  • Varied views on mask rules

    By Megan BachmanMay 28, 2020

    Whether visitors and villagers are following those directives — and should be made to — has become a matter of local contention in recent weeks.

  • Pool to open on June 5

    By Megan BachmanMay 27, 2020

    Several hundred villagers and out-of-towners converged on the Gaunt Park pool on Monday, a sweltering hot Memorial Day. The pool was recently upgraded with $80,000 worth of repairs, according to Village Public Works Director Johnnie Burns. The Yellow Springs pool is now the only operating municipal swimming pool in Greene County. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    The Gaunt Park Pool will be reopening this year, with some changes.

  • Shirley Mullins’ 85th birthday celebrated

    By YS News StaffMay 26, 2020

    Shirley Mullins 85th birthday was celebrated at a respectful distance by friends, neighbors and students on Wednesday, May 13.

    Friends, fans and and students celebrated the 85th birthday of longtime village resident, cellist and music educator Shirley Mullins Wednesday, May 13.

  • Permanent closure for Glen?

    By Audrey HackettMay 22, 2020

    Birch Creek cascades, five dry days later. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Sharen Neuhardt of the Antioch College Board of Trustees said this week that the college has no plans to reopen the 1,000-acre nature preserve it has owned since 1929.

  • Caution advised as stay-at-home restrictions lifted in Ohio

    By Audrey HackettMay 21, 2020

    Ohio’s stay-at-home restrictions have been lifted, but Ohioans are asked to exercise “personal responsibility and accountability to others” to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

  • Shutdown sparks surprises

    By Diane Chiddister

    As the most strict shutdown phase has begun loosening for many Ohioans, the News asked a half dozen villagers this question: is there anything you’re learning during this period that is meaningful, or surprising?

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