The Glen Helen Nature Preserve has been saved from development several times in its 82-year history.

For five years local resident Roi Qualls has talked quietly about the anticipated need for a larger space in the village for his business, e-Health Data Solutions, to grow into. And recently, the company’s three owners, only one of whom lives in Yellow Springs, gave notice that they will not renew their lease at MillWorks when it expires at the end of August,

A memorial service in honor of Beryl Schicker will be held Saturday, July 16, 2–4 p.m. at the Unitarian Univeralist Fellowship of Yellow Springs.

The school board ratified one of its two employee contracts this week with the local Ohio Association of Public School Employees, or the certified staff union. An agreement was reached within two meetings, and ratified 3–0 by the school board at a special meeting on Monday, June 27.

See a video from this year’s Fourth of July parade — from its jovial participants to its cheery spectators.

Today’s wildlife image: a damselfly!

A multitude of voices, a variety of mediums.

Due to several recent power outages linked to downed limbs, tree-trimming around electrical lines will begin soon in the south end of town, with a focus on softwoods linked to the outages such as white pine and silver maple.

Yellow Springs will celebrate Independence day with a parade, a patriotic band concert and, of course, fireworks.

Spurred by several recent power outages, the Village is moving ahead quickly with more aggressive tree-trimming in the south end of town, according to Superintendent of Water and Electric Kelley Fox this week. “With the recent storms, the trees have wreaked havoc,” Fox said. “The bottom line is that we have to trim the trees […]