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• News from the Past: August 2026

  By Don HollisterSeptember 10, 2026

  

  Contributing writer Don Hollister dove into the YS News archives to uncover past articles and more in his most recent installment of his News from the Past column.

• Tin Can Economy | Govern with audacity

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  “No more of this “Aw, shucks. How did we get to this point?” If we agree we want something — affordable housing, greater diversity, a downtown that favors villagers over visitors — then divert the resources to make it happen tomorrow.”

• Tin Can Economy | Dispatches from parental leave

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  “There’s no place Arthur isn’t. In fact, he’s wriggling around on my lap as I type this. He’s upended the grammar of our daily lives and I’m sure he’ll be swaddled by every line I’ll ever write again.”

• New novel a paean to Quakers, Yellow Springs

  By Lauren Shows

  

  “Peace Corner” — which follows Chiddister’s debut novel, “One More Day,” published in 2021 — explores the lives of four central characters who move through Yellow Springs carrying different ideas about what it means to be useful, be active and belong.

• Area thespians stage ‘Tempest’ in Bryan Center amphitheater

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 8, 2026

  

  Next weekend, Springfield-based Star Crossed Productions will stage “The Tempest” in the old abandoned amphitheater tucked behind John Bryan Community Center — a dramatic, albeit fleeting renaissance for one of Yellow Springs’ forgotten spaces. 

• New calls to ‘Save Frogtown’

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 7, 2026

  

  Owned by the Village since 1974 and located in the northwest reaches of Yellow Springs, the 42-acre property has been the locus of conservation and housing debates and discussions for several decades.

• Planning Commission approves food truck rallies at Antioch

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 5, 2026

  

  By a vote of 5–0, the commission gave the greenlight to MadCab Events to continue bringing a rotating fleet of food trucks to the college’s grassy “horseshoe” space under the shadow of Main Building every Monday evening, May through August, 5–9  p.m.

• Trustees handle financial, MTFR, cemetery business

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 4, 2026

  

  At its regular meeting Monday, Aug. 17, the Miami Township Board of Trustees moved through a relatively light agenda, approving a new part-time EMT and the sale of two aging Miami Township Fire-Rescue vehicles.

• Revenue loss projected in YS Schools budget forecast

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Yellow Springs Schools expects to lose about $2.4 million in local revenue over the next five years due to several recently enacted property tax laws, according to an updated five-year financial forecast presented to the school board Wednesday, Aug. 12.

• Foundry Theater at Antioch College readies fourth season

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The Foundry Theater at Antioch College is preparing to kick off its fourth season of programming next month, with a lineup that — as has been the theater’s bread and butter the last three years — spans a range of cultural traditions and artistic forms.