Village Life Section :: Page 79

• The top stories of 2019

  By YS News StaffJanuary 2, 2020

  

  The Yellow Springs News’ annual year in review, printed in the Dec. 26, 2019 issue, is now available online. Check out our top stories of the year.

• 2019 Year in Review: Village Life

  By Megan Bachman

  

  2019 Year in Review: Village Life

• The Decade in Review: Village Life

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The Decade in Review: Village Life

• The Gaunt that keeps on giving

  By Megan Bachman

  

  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.