In October, the Ohio House approved House Bills 186, 335, 129 and 309. The measures, if passed by the Senate, will affect the calculation of the 20-mill property tax floor and inside millage increases, and give county budget commissions authority to reduce or override voter-approved school levies.

“NO VISAS: A Hip-Hop Journey from Jaffa to Jerusalem to Yellow Springs,” will take place Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m., at the Foundry Theater.

The work, led by the Miami Township Zoning Commission and Zoning Administrator Bryan Lucas, is aimed at clarifying and modernizing the Township’s Zoning Resolution, the document that governs how property can be used in unincorporated areas.

The Rev. Madet Merove will share aspects of that work, and answer questions about the needs of Haitians and the wider community, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 7–9 p.m., at the YS Senior Center. His talk, “An Update on the Haitian Community in Springfield,” is part of the center’s “Village Voices” series.

District enrollment this fall stands at 608 students, with about 36% of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. Roughly 17% of district students are identified with disabilities.

When Lori Varlotta took office as the 23rd president of Antioch University on Aug. 11, she jumped right into getting acquainted with Yellow Springs.

This weekend, the 10-movement dramatic cantata, “Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray,” will be performed in Yellow Springs Friday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and 9, and in Cincinnati on Nov. 8.

The reader’s theater production, adapted by Jane Blakelock, Amy Bennett and Louise Smith, with support from Mad River Theater Works, will be performed Nov. 1 and 2.

Set in 2275, “Interwoven” follows Chief Scientist Dr. Tah Morant, conflicted creator of the Deuteron engine, slated to be used in humanity’s last desperate mission off a dying Earth.

“That’s the power of John Gudgel — to see what’s possible when others can’t, to open doors quietly but meaningfully, and to leave generations of students and families better because of his heart,” Assistant Superintendent Megan Winston said.