Local organizers are reviving a local tradition of civil discourse with a new Friday Forum event, “What Happens When Voices Are Silenced?” set for 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, in McGregor Hall, Room 113, at Antioch College.

The Clifton Gorge Music and Arts Festival returns Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22–23, bringing two days of food, music, dancing and handmade art to the small Greene County village.

The trustees unanimously rescinded and reapproved a resolution to proceed with a 3.8-mill Miami Township Fire-Rescue operations levy renewal for this fall.

Last week, Elyria-based Wagner Electric Sign Co. installed an art deco-inspired marquee onLittle Art Theatre’s facade — its colorful flourishes nod to the visual motifs inside.

At their regular meeting Thursday, July 10, the members of the YS school board agreed to pen a collaborative statement to state representatives urging them to belay overriding Gov. Mike DeWine’s recent vetoes of state budget items affecting schools.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Helen Birch Bartlett’s death — the namesake of Glen Helen. In her lifetime, she was a writer, musician, collector and tastemaker.

At their most recent regular meeting, held Monday, July 21, the Miami Township Trustees agreed to allocate additional funds for cemetery expansion, approved text amendments to the Township’s zoning code and discussed the future of Township-placed defibrillators.

For the first time, Muse Machine’s Summer Institute for Educators was held in Yellow Springs, inside the Foundry Theater at Antioch College.

Late last month, Judge Jaiza Page of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas handed down a summary judgement ruling Ohio’s EdChoice voucher program as unconstitutional.

On Tuesday, July 15, YS police arrested a 21-year-old man in Kings Yard, later announcing on social media that the individual is likely connected to a series of downtown business break-ins and burglaries over the last month, including three between July 11 and 14.