The YS Board of Education held its most recent meeting Thursday, Aug. 14, right on the heels of the first day of school for the 2025–26 school year. Before the board were discussions of the new year ahead, including changes to traffic around both campuses.

Moira Smiley and the Rhizome Quartet, with special guests the World House Choir, will perform Tuesday, Sept. 2, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $5 for students.

On Monday, Aug. 18, the Miami Township Trustees held a brief meeting, during which trustees approved funding upgrades to defibrillators installed by Miami Township Fire-Rescue at the YS Senior Center and Tom’s Market.

Experimental music series “The Outside Presents” returns this weekend for its third season, opening with a program titled “Midwestern Ambience.”

For new YS Schools Athletic Director Sean Herbert, sports are about competition, of course — but as he told the News in an interview last week, they’re also about learning balance and how to work collaboratively with others toward a common goal.

The change comes after traffic officials at the Ohio Department of Transportation weighed options for addressing what has long been considered one of the more hazardous intersections near Yellow Springs.

The Foundry Theater at Antioch College is poised to launch another full season of programming behind its doors — the third season since its relaunch in the fall of 2023 as a venue for local artists in residence and national and international acts.

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The trustees unanimously rescinded and reapproved a resolution to proceed with a 3.8-mill Miami Township Fire-Rescue operations levy renewal for this fall.