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Summit at Antioch College to envision ‘Another World’
An upcoming four-day summit hosted by Antioch College’s Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom aims to inspire students, artists, researchers, activists, organizers, educators and scholars not only to envision, but also to help create — as author Toni Morrison once told a group of collegiate graduates — “the world as it ought to be.”
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Free bus rides set all day Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day
Ohio Loves Transit Week is Feb. 10–14, and Greene CATS Public Transit is celebrating Ohio Loves Transit Day, Friday, Feb. 14, with free rides all day, thanks to an anonymous sponsor.
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YS Schools join statewide voucher lawsuit
Yellow Springs Schools is one of the districts that has joined the growing coalition as it works to bring a lawsuit against the state — a lawsuit that questions the wisdom, and the fairness, of using public dollars to pay for private school tuition.
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Higher Learning Commission alerts Antioch College to ‘financial distress’
The News spoke this week with Antioch College President Jane Fernandes, who said of the designation: “It’s information that we have some financial work to do — that our financials are not just flowing, and now we have to make them work.”
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Tecumseh Land Trust to host annual sugar shack tour
Villager Joan Chappelle honored with MLK Peacemaker Award
Online posts raise concerns over privacy, transparency
With $680k pledged for new soccer fields, LIHTC project advances
Village mourns ‘Doc Pete’
Yellow Springs Schools are closed Wednesday, Jan. 22
Arts (archives)
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Mark Lomax Quartet to celebrate ‘A Love Supreme’ anniversary at Foundry
Dr. Mark Lomax II, who performed in Yellow Springs in fall of 2023 as part of the Foundry Theater at Antioch College’s inaugural season of programming, will return to the Foundry with the Mark Lomax Quartet on Saturday, Jan. 18, to mark the 60th anniversary of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."
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YS Theater Company seeks scripts
The Yellow Springs Theater Company is accepting script submissions for the 2025 annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, featuring a selection of plays no longer than 10 minutes.
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2024 In Review | The Arts
From penning innovative literature and producing surreal films; to painting, poeticizing and performing — Yellow Springs artists covered ample creative ground in 2024.
Village Schools (archives)
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School board censures member Amy Magnus
The school board’s most recent meeting Thursday, Jan. 9, included an agenda item that concerned an apology offered by board member Amy Magnus. The discussion of that agenda item ended in a 4–0 vote in favor of censuring Magnus, with Magnus abstaining from the vote.
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Yellow Springs Schools are closed Wednesday, Jan. 22
The Yellow Springs Board of Education has decided to close village schools on Wednesday, Jan. 22, due to extreme cold weather.
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Two-hour delay for Yellow Springs Schools, Tuesday, Jan. 21
The Yellow Springs Board of Education has decided delay the start time for village schools by two hours on Wednesday, Jan. 8, due to cold weather and icy conditions.
Economy (archives)
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Home, Inc. set to award $500K home-repair grants
Most grants will be up to $16,500 for projects starting in February, including accessibility upgrades, health and safety repairs and weatherization.
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Local business aims for sustainable garden design
Though “design” is often considered in the aesthetic sense, local resident Molly Finch has a broader perspective on the term. That perspective is shaped by her new business, Goldfinch Garden Design.
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2024 In Review | Businesses & Organizations
Several new businesses and organizations cropped up in Yellow Springs in 2024; several hit major milestones and others transitioned and expanded.
Village Life (archives)
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Annual winter hike to follow Little Miami River
Naturalists with the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will lead the division’s annual 3.5-mile winter hike along the Little Miami State and National Scenic River on Saturday, Feb. 8.
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My Name Is Iden | Be visible, vocal — or be erased
"No election will fix this for us. It is no longer an option to put our heads down and wait out the next four years. There will always be some sly carnival barker waiting to exploit people’s ignorance."
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My Name Is Iden | The quiet between
"People are complicated. We laugh, we love, we hope but, we also cry. We bleed, we despair. We scream. All of that is beautiful."
Government (archives)
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A Closer Look | The City of Yellow Springs?
“What happens if Yellow Springs ever becomes a city?” It’s a question that many villagers have asked over the decades as our local population has fluctuated, our small-town economy has become ever more service- and tourism-based and as new housing developments have cropped up.
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Miami Township Trustees settle first-of-year business
With deep snow on the ground throughout Miami Township that night, the Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the new year Monday, Jan. 6. At the forefront of the meeting’s agenda was the handling of first-of-year business.
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With $680k pledged for new soccer fields, LIHTC project advances
Should Woda Cooper successfully be awarded the $15 million in low-income housing tax credits from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency to build a low-income housing development, the district would have $689,000 to turn the Joneses’ cornfield into playable soccer fields.
Obituaries (archives)
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Karen Zukowitz
Karen René Zukowitz, age 66, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family and friends, after a long battle with cancer.
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Vincent Tanoh Eyorokon
Vincent Tanoh Eyorokon, 73, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Jan. 26, 2025.
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Nancy Howell Koehler
Nancy Howell Koehler, died Jan. 11. She was 87 years old on Dec. 16.
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Juliet Hennessy
Juliet Walker (Liddle) Hennessy, age 97 of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away Jan. 10, 2025.
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Arianna Maria Reyes Mendiola
Arianna, also known as “Baby Ari,” lived a very short but happy life.
Higher Education (archives)
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Emerge Springs | Addiction recovery services, housing at Antioch College
Emerge offers addiction recovery services, housing and job training. It was founded by three area business owners who work in the skilled trades, and who themselves are in long-term recovery.
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Antioch College earns Federal Work College designation
The Federal Work College system is an evolution of the traditional work-study program. While the latter typically benefits students from lower-income backgrounds, the work college model mandates that every student living on campus must work, regardless of their financial background.
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Apartments coming to Antioch College
Last month, Columbus-based real estate developer Windsor Companies purchased the vacant Antioch Student Union for $500,000.
Sports (archives)
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Bulldog Sports Round-Up | Jan. 31, 2025
The Varsity Bulldogs moved up into fourth place in the Metro Buckeye Conference following a 47–44 win against conference rivals Middletown Christian Thursday, Jan. 23.
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Bulldog Sports Round-Up | Jan. 24, 2025
The Bulldogs’ current conference record is 0–3, with an overall season record of 3–5.
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Bulldog Sports Round-Up | Jan. 17, 2025
The Varsity Bulldogs slipped to fifth place in the Metro Buckeye Conference after four losses over the last several weeks. The team’s current conference record is 1–3, with an overall season record of 1–9.
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