Village Life Section :: Page 67

• Invasive of the month— Impact of ornamentals not pretty

  By Audrey HackettNovember 28, 2019

  

  The present article is the last in this season’s “invasive of the month” series, which began with a two-part article on the local impact of non-native invasive plants last spring, and continued with monthly features focused on specific invasives of local concern. The series was undertaken in consultation with Glen Helen.

• Other voices — Gifts, truths for Thanksgiving

  By Guest ContributorNovember 27, 2019

  

  For many Indigenous people today, and especially here in the Ohio Valley, this time of year is riddled with modern day cringe-worthy moments, sadness, mourning and, sometimes, arcane anger.

• New pastor for historic AME church

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Central Chapel AME Church has a new pastor. Read more about Rev. Morné Meyer’s leadership of Yellow Springs’ AME church in the Nov. 28 issue of the News.

• 2019 Yellow Springs Village Holiday Guide

  By YS News Staff

  

  Read the online edition of the 2019 Yellow Springs Village Holiday Guide

• Annual ‘Yellow and Bright’ holiday lights illumination

  By YS News StaffNovember 25, 2019

  

  The “Yellow and Bright” illumination of the holiday lights will commence at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27.

• Margaret ‘Peg’ Champney— A life entwined with the News

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 21, 2019

  

  Margaret “Peg” Champney. whose longtime residence in Yellow Springs was closely intertwined with the life and history of the Yellow Springs News, died Tuesday evening, Nov. 5, after a brief illness. She was 87.

  A quiet, steady presence at the News throughout her adult life, Champney’s 68-year tenure at the local paper likely qualified her as its longest serving employee.

• Vernay cleanup plan— EPA listens to local concerns

  By Megan BachmanNovember 7, 2019

  

  The EPA came to share the status of the environmental cleanup at Vernay Laboratories’ former rubber manufacturing plant on Dayton Street and to hear from citizens on the proposed remedy.

  The culmination of a two-decade long process, in June Vernay submitted its latest proposal to clean up contamination associated with its operations. The EPA is in the process of reviewing the plan and is interested in hearing from the public as it does, according to the site’s Technical Project Manager, Renee Wawczak, at the meeting.

• Beggar’s Night bonfires canceled due to high winds

  By YS News StaffOctober 31, 2019

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs had canceled Beggar’s Night bonfires due to concerns over high winds.

• Village Council — Traffic test underway

  By Megan Bachman

  

  With barricades, cones, signs and new parking stripes in place, the Village of Yellow Springs began a three-week traffic change on Monday.

  During the experiment, the Village will test a new traffic pattern around Mills Lawn Elementary School, with South Walnut Street now one way from Short Street to Limestone Street, Short Street one way westbound and no left turns allowed from South Walnut onto Limestone.

• Community Solutions conference— Hope in regenerative practices

  By Carol Simmons

  

  But messages of efficacy and hope, which can get lost in crisis turmoil, are at the heart of a three-day national conference Nov. 1–3 in Yellow Springs.
  “Pathways to Regeneration: Soil, Food, and Plant Medicine,” presented by the locally based Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions, will offer alternative ways of thinking and acting.