This year’s Christmas and New Year’s holidays are falling in the middle of the week, with Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve on Tuesdays, and Christmas and New Year’s Day on Wednesdays.

As the weather turns colder and the holidays come nearer, community members may find that they need some assistance, whether with food, utility payments or with buying holiday gifts. Listed here are several available resources; community members not in need of these services might also choose to donate items or money to keep the services available.

The voice of the dog. Simple, straightforward. And then, like a child who speaks an uncanny truth, soulful. Two “poems for dogs” from villager Artie Isaac.

Antioch College closed this afternoon after a “credible threat.” The situation was de-escalated by local police just after 4 p.m., and the college community received the “all clear” to return to campus around 5:20 p.m.

Joe C. Nickoson died peacefully in his home on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, surrounded by his wife and family. A memorial service to celebrate his life is being planned for the near future.

Yellow Springs Board of Education Agenda

Laurel Diltz Campbell Dankert Herminghausen passed away at 4:45 on Nov. 21, 2019, in her home, surrounded by the family for whom she felt immense love, and with her beloved daughter lying next to her.

Yellow Springs Board of Education Facilities Task Force Community Meeting Agenda

Christopher Richard “Chris” Brookshire died Nov. 29, 2019, in Florida, after a valiant battle with acute myeloid leukemia. He was 63 years old.

The majority of respondents to a Village survey on its temporary traffic project do not support making the changes permanent. At the same time, more survey respondents felt the one-way design on South Walnut Street made school drop-off safer for children at Mills Lawn Schools than didn’t. Those were some of the highlights of a Village survey on its three-week traffic trial, which involved several changes to downtown streets and parking areas.