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Village Life Section :: Page 75

  • Village meeting on Vernay cleanup— Water, utilities are worries

    By Megan BachmanDecember 5, 2019

    How good is the current proposal to clean up the Vernay Laboratories site? How much contamination is there? Are municipal water supplies protected? What can be done with the land when it is cleaned up? Those were a few of the questions asked at a public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 21, on Vernay’s most recent plan to clean up contamination at its former local rubber plant on Dayton Street.

  • New pastor at historic Central Chapel AME church

    By Audrey Hackett

    Central Chapel AME Church of Yellow Springs has a new pastor, Rev. Morné Meyer, hailing from South Africa. Pictured here in the South High Street church wearing a robe from his home country, Meyer is aiming to make the local AME church broadly inclusive, and even more welcoming to Yellow Springs residents. (Photo by Audrey Hackett)

    One of Yellow Springs’ oldest churches has an energetic new pastor. Reverend Morné Meyer, 38, was appointed to Central Chapel AME Church last month at the historic 154-year-old church.

  • #YSGivingTuesday today

    By YS News StaffDecember 3, 2019

    #GivingTuesday, a national day of support for nonprofit groups, will be held Tuesday, Nov. 27.

    The Yellow Springs Community Foundation and the YS Giving Tuesday Committee are spearheading the fourth annual #YSGivingTuesday event today, Dec. 3.

  • Snow pack

    By Matt MindeNovember 28, 2019

    Pictured decorating the window at Yellow Springs Hardware are members and parents from Cub Scout Pack #578, from left, John Hempfling with son Rocket Cowperthwaite, Monica Bellant and daughter Harper Seybold, and Leslie Roeth, whose son Otono was nearby. Their winter theme included snow camping. (Photo by Matt Minde)

    On Friday, Nov. 22, members of the Yellow Springs Cub Scout Pack 578 were spotted decorating a window at Yellow Springs Hardware.

  • Invasive of the month— Impact of ornamentals not pretty

    By Audrey Hackett

    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

    November 15 is Roc Your Mocs Day. (Submitted photo)

    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

    Reverend Morné Meyer, hailing from South Africa, has been appointed pastor of Central Chapel AME Church in Yellow Springs. (Photo 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

    Shake up the Holiday Spirit in Yellow Springs!

    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

    Present at the tree lighting ceremony were Assistant Village Manager Melissa Dodd, at right, husband Dalton and little Stella. (Photo by Matt Minde)

    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.

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