Village Life Section :: Page 74

• The Gaunt that keeps on giving

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 2, 2020

  

  A village tradition since 1894, the annual delivery of flour and sugar to local widows and widowers continued again this year — a stipulation in Wheeling Gaunt’s will.

• 2019 Year in Review: Top Stories

  By YS News StaffJanuary 1, 2020

  

  2019 Year in Review: Top Stories

• YS Dharma Center to host NYE world peace meditation

  By YS News StaffDecember 28, 2019

  

  The Yellow Springs Dharma Center is “inviting the possibility of Enlightenment for all beings in the year 2020” with a New Year’s Eve World Peace Meditation.

• Four decades of YS ball drops

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 26, 2019

  

  When Yellow Springs New Year’s Eve revelers descend on downtown streets near midnight Tuesday, Dec. 31, to mark the passing of 2019 into 2020 — and the start of a new decade — they will be participating in a local tradition that is marking its 40th outing this holiday. Read the history of the ball drop after the jump.

• Light walk: a one-time village tradition is revived

  By YS News StaffDecember 19, 2019

  

  Villagers Sommer McGuire and Lisa Kreeger caroled from Kings Yard to the downtown Christmas tree during the first annual Luminary Walk and Community Carol on Saturday evening, Dec. 14.

• YSEA carries on ‘quiet work’

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  YSEA exists so that those who need a little extra help to make rent, avoid a utility shut-off, pay for a medication or buy groceries when food is running low have a place to turn

• ‘Music in Friendship’— 31 years of Heartstrings

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 12, 2019

  

  Heartstrings, the all-women traditional musical ensemble that includes Goldstein, Burkholder, Carol Van Ausdal and Linda Scutt, will perform their annual holiday concert at the YS Arts Council on Saturday, Dec. 14, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

• Guinness record a virtual triumph

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Yellow Springs resident Jordan Gray  was out to set the Guinness World Records title for the largest augmented reality scavenger hunt in one week — the first of its kind.

• ‘Music in Friendship’— 31 years of Heartstrings

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 11, 2019

  

  Heartstrings, the all-women traditional musical ensemble that includes Goldstein, Burkholder, Carol Van Ausdal and Linda Scutt, will perform their annual holiday concert at the YS Arts Council on Saturday, Dec. 14, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

• Help for the holidays

  By YS News StaffDecember 9, 2019

  

  As the weather turns colder and the holidays come nearer, community members may find that they need some assistance, whether with food, utility payments or with buying holiday gifts. Listed here are several available resources; community members not in need of these services might also choose to donate items or money to keep the services available.