Friday, July 26, is the final week of Perry League 2024, including the shortened play and cookout. Our all-volunteer program is noncompetitive, free, and open to children aged 2–9.

The remaining members of the Yellow Springs High School Class of 2004 seek to honor these former classmates through the establishment of a memorial scholarship fund, to be managed by the YS Community Foundation.

Patricia “Pat” (Smith) DeWine, age 92, of Yellow Springs, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. She was born April 26, 1932, in Farmersville, Ohio, the daughter of the late Harry and Ethel Smith.

Josie Alberta Rice passed away peacefully on July 6, 2024, with family by her side. She was 94 years old.

Villager Earl “Petey” Hull, 83, passed away peacefully July 1, 2024, at Ohio Hospice of Dayton after a gradual decline.

For the past year and a half, the infamous “Bubble Man” — along with his dog, Buddy — have been adorning the streets of Yellow Springs with bubbles, peace signs and messages of positivity.

Village native Elyse Giardullo, 31, was hired last month as the Village project lead — a new job housed in the Village offices, upstairs in the John Bryan Community Center.

At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, July 15, Council members again revisited the topic of pursuing a tax credit application that could one day lead to the creation of a 50-unit, low-income housing development on the YS school district-owned soccer fields.

At its Thursday, July 11, regular meeting, the YS school board approved a resolution that could help bring a proposed 50-unit affordable housing development closer to fruition — provided several further hurdles are cleared.

“The dirt was compacted, but not yet mud, and kids were not interested in interacting with this type of dirt to the degree we have seen on past Friday evenings — an interesting phenomenon.”