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The Village of Yellow Springs and YS Schools this week joined a host of other local governance bodies across the state in sounding the alarm about the effects of the recently introduced House Bill 335 and the soon-to-be-passed state budget, and asking residents to make their voices heard to state legislators before June 24 in response.

Last week, folks tuned into WCSU-FM Jazzy 88.9 during Thursday’s evening drive-time would have heard a voice familiar to many in the village floating through the airwaves and from their speakers.

An estimated three inches of rain fell in a single hour that night, according to Glen Helen Executive Director Nick Boutis, causing the Yellow Springs Creek to rise suddenly and surge over public trails and walkways.

The group voted unanimously to recommended Village Council approves Windsor’s plans to build a 96-unit apartment complex at the site of the Antioch College Student Union, as well as a 43-unit, senior-based apartment complex in the Charles F. Kettering building.

Several downtown Yellow Springs storefronts were robbed overnight, with some shop owners returning to work Sunday morning, June 15, to find broken glass and stolen money. 

Repairing a public pool pump is no cheap endeavor. So, to help offset the costs and to move the pool’s opening along, the artists at Lucky Bunny Tattoo Club chipped in $1,000.

To honor Reichert’s legacy, the Yellow Springs Film Festival and PNC Bank in 2024 created the Julia Reichert Award, a $3,000 short film prize to be given to an emerging female documentarian.

“The whole place needs a good sweep, and it looks like being a fair day today so I can open both doors and the one functioning window to let the air move through the house. Stink bugs are everywhere so a bit of a purge is required.”

To cheers and a blaring horn from her support team and boat crew, local resident Amy Wamsley stepped onto the shore near Calais, France Friday, June 13, having successfully swum the 21-mile stretch of the English Channel in 16 hours and 56 minutes.