Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.

• First Baptist Church, 150 year in YS

  By Suzanne SzempruchMay 21, 2013

  

  The First Baptist Church celebrated their 150th anniversary this past weekend. On Saturday they held a celebration dinner that included fellowship, some music, a reflections of the last 150 years by Robin Henry and a wonderful sermon by their current paster, Paster William E. Randolph.

• Phyllis Jackson to be honored

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 16, 2013

  For years, Phyllis Lawson Jackson has been the “go-to” person for local history. The appeal of a historical perspective, she believes, is that even as history teaches us about the past, it also helps illuminate the present.

• Business brings foot fashion to YS

  By Anisa Kline

  Yellow Springs is known for many unique products, but fashionable shoes isn’t one of them. Elaine Chappelle is trying to change that with her new boutique shoe store, Sweet Sanaa.

• A Proper English Tea

  By Suzanne SzempruchMay 9, 2013

  

  Sunday, April 28th’s Proper English Tea Senior Center fundrasier was a “thank you” from those who watched Downton Abbey this year on the Senior Center’s big screen TV. Those who attended the tea, both young and old, enjoyed fancy hats, antique tea pots, delicious finger foods donated by villagers, beautiful linens and of course, the [...]

• Dharma Center celebrates 20 years

  By Megan BachmanMay 3, 2013

  

  The path toward enlightenment in Yellow Springs has been a shared one. The 50-year history of Buddhism in the village teems with stories of residents coming together to advance the solitary practice of meditation.

• A prom re-do, with spiked punch

  By Megan BachmanMay 2, 2013

  At an adult prom, the punch comes pre-spiked. Chaperones encourage attendees to show more skin and dance a little closer. And no one has a curfew.

• Little Art celebrates last reel

  By Megan Bachman

  It’s the end of the reel for the Little Art Theatre. The 84-year-old theater will play its last 35-millimeter film print before dismantling its ancient projector during a special film festival beginning this weekend, after which the theater will close for three months to undergo a half-million-dollar renovation and digital upgrade.

• YSSC full of members, not funds

  By Lauren Heaton

  The Yellow Springs Senior Center, which serves vital health, transportation and social needs for the area’s senior citizens, for the first time in 2011 and 2012 budgeted for a 6 percent deficit. While the local center is serving more seniors than ever before, around 700 individuals per year, revenue has not kept pace with the expenses needed to serve a growing population of elders.

• Adult prom offers prom redo

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Villagers will have a chance to relive — or redo — the greatest night of their lives at “Enchantment Under the Springs” on Saturday night.

• Gear up for the village’s own winged migration

  By Lauren HeatonApril 30, 2013

  

  Glen Helen invites the village’s bird watchers and watching enthusiasts to come out on Saturday, May 11, and help count the number of feathered friends that have chosen the local preserve as either a home or a migrant’s favorite stop-over.