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• Donnell Land to return this weekend

  By Lauren ShowsMay 22, 2025

  

  Organized by comedian and local resident Donnell Rawlings, the four-day event blends comedy, community spirit, outdoor fun and — this year — support for comedians in need.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Something wonderful

  By Guest ContributorMay 18, 2025

  

  “But now it is the tail end of the semester; students are nervous, especially the ones that are potentially off to medical school. If they don’t get the required grades their hopes are dashed and that is a big blow psychologically.”

• YS Community Foundation grants funds to autism resource center

  By YS News StaffMay 10, 2025

  

  The Yellow Springs Community Foundation has recently granted funds for a new outing van to Roads to Recovery, an autism resource center nonprofit making avenues to support and resources for those with autism more accessible.

• Letter carriers to host food drive

  By YS News StaffMay 8, 2025

  

  The National Association of Letter Carriers will host the annual Stamp Out Hunger® national food drive Saturday, May 10. During their regular routes that day, letter carriers will collect nonperishable food donations left near residents’ mailboxes.

• Life after assisted death

  By Lauren ShowsMay 1, 2025

  

  The day the News spoke with Thomas Macaulay was almost a year to the day after Ardis Macaulay’s death. Very early on the morning of March 28, 2024, Ardis chose to die on her own terms, with her husband present.

• News from the Past: April 2025

  By Don HollisterApril 30, 2025

  

  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.

• My Name Is Iden | Where Anne went

  By Iden CrockettApril 25, 2025

  

  “The danger to transgender people in this country is real, and the need to stand up and fight alongside us is urgent. We are a small group. We need our allies.”

• News from the Past: March 2025

  By Don Hollister

  

  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.

• Yellow Springs Earth Day celebration set for Sunday

  By YS News Staff

  

  The YS Earth Day and Community Habitat Celebration will be 1–4 p.m. Sunday, April 27, on the YS Senior Center-owned lawn at the corner of East North College and Livermore streets.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | On pinschers and poplars

  By Guest ContributorApril 20, 2025

  

  “A yellow-bellied sapsucker sounds like a made-up name — like a great-crested fad gadget, but I shall bow to greater knowledge, even though the ever-useful ‘Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America’ is at my right hand.”