“Since 1970, North America has lost three billion individual birds, nearly 30% of its total, suffering the heaviest losses among 12 bird families that include sparrows, warblers, finches and swallows.”

On Saturday, May 28, around 6 p.m., a mechanical failure at the Village’s municipal water and wastewater treatment plant led to nearly 750 gallons of sludge spilling out of the facility.

At the regular meeting of the Board of Education two weeks ago, district Treasurer Jay McGrath presented the revised five-year forecast for the district’s budget for general operations funding.

Kara Edwards, owner of Namaste Nails, offers an assortment of nail colors including the popular, “Earth Day” blue. Edwards recently opened her nail studio at 100 Corry St. for weekend appointments.

The 2022 Yellow Springs Annual 10-Minute Play Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4, at 7 p.m. on the south lawn at YS High School. Admission will be by donation. Those attending are asked to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

Last Thursday, on May 26, 65 Yellow Springs High School seniors walked under the arches to take their last steps as high schoolers and first steps into the wider world.

VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS PUBLIC MEETINGS

Village Council Agenda Monday, June 6, 2022, Executive Session, 6 p.m. | Regular Meeting, 7 p.m.

Village Council Agenda Monday, June 6, 2022, Executive Session, 6 p.m. | Regular Meeting, 7 p.m.

Conrad David Frye, age 66, passed away on May 23, 2022, at University of Louisville Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky.