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Village Life Section :: Page 74

  • Perry League T-ball to begin

    By Jimmy ChesireMay 31, 2019

    Jimmy Chesire discusses “dog, dog, deer. dog, dog,” with Maggie Bullock at home base at Friday night’s Perry League game. T-ball continues Friday evenings at 6 p.m. through August 7. (Photo by Suzanne Szempruch)

    It’s nearly June — and that means it’s time for the Perry League, Yellow Springs’ all volunteer, 10-week T-ball program for all kids, 2–9 years of age.

  • Yellow Springs missed by tornado, hit by hail

    By YS News StaffMay 28, 2019

    Village resident Bryan Cady holds two large hailstones that landed on his back porch Monday evening.

    Extreme weather on Monday evening, May 27, put a damp and scary ending to the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

  • Street Fair coming soon

    By YS News Staff

    The view of Fall Street Fair 2018 from the porch at the Mills Park Hotel in early afternoon. (Photo by Olivia Hasek)

    The summer Street Fair will return to the village on Saturday, June 8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., with the Music and Beer Fest from noon to 7 p.m.

  • 2019 Gaunt Park Pool Passes and Schedule

    By YS News StaffMay 23, 2019

    VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS

  • Home, Inc. annual meeting speaker — A history of unfair housing

    By Megan BachmanMay 16, 2019

    Longtime fair housing administrator (and Antioch alumnus) Larry Pearl gave attendees to Home, Inc.’s annual meeting a history of housing discrimination in America. The meeting was held at Antioch’s Herndon Gallery on Sunday, May 5, and also commemorated the local affordable housing land trust’s 20th anniversary. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    The average white family in America today has 10 times the wealth of the average black family. To longtime fair housing administrator Larry Pearl, “that’s an amazing figure,” and its cause can be traced to America’s long history of housing discrimination.

  • The 2018-19 Guide to Yellow Springs

    By YS News StaffMay 14, 2019

    Read the online edition of the Guide to Yellow Springs.

  • A century of life — Toshiko Asakawa celebrates 100

    By Lauren ShowsMay 9, 2019

    Toshiko Asakawa sits in the kitchen of her President Street home. On the wall behind her is a drawing done by one of her grandchildren, who is now an adult. On May 9, Asakawa will celebrate her 100th birthday. (Photo by Lauren “Chuck” Shows)

    On a recent Friday afternoon, Toshiko Asakawa sat at her kitchen table, eating a late breakfast of ham, eggs and toast. She refilled her cup of green tea from a small, cast iron pot. At 99 years old — just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday — Asakawa lifted the teapot with ease.

  • Group organizing against area industrial solar farm

    By Megan BachmanMay 8, 2019

    A group of neighbors and farmers organizing against a proposed industrial-scale solar farm just outside of Yellow Springs and Clifton are hosting an informational meeting. It will be held Friday, May 10, at 6 p.m. at the Grace Baptist Church in Cedarville.

  • A bright new spot on Dayton Street

    By Audrey HackettMay 2, 2019

    Greene Canteen officially opened for business on Saturday, April 20. Owned by villagers Brittany and Tim Baum, the new eatery offers smoothies, juices, soups, sandwiches, salads and homemade soft pretzels. Greene Canteen is located at 134 Dayton St. (Photo by Audrey Hackett)

    Greene Canteen was a bright spot on a drizzly morning this past Saturday, April 20. The new eatery at 134 Dayton St. officially opened at 11 a.m., with a snip of a ribbon and a musical blast.

  • Indigenous Water Protectors panel — A path to “re-indigenizing” Antioch

    By Megan Bachman

    At a panel at Antioch College for “Earth Week,” indigenous leaders from the Oglala Lakota, Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, Dakota Wakpala, Northern Cheyenne, Kiowa and Anishinaabe spoke about water protection and other environmental and human rights issues.

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