This year, the YS Community Foundation celebrates 40 years of contributions to the village’s many nonprofit endeavors. As part of that celebration, the foundation, with the cooperation of WYSO, is producing a series of five sound and slide pieces detailing some of its most important work in the village.

The month of August brings my family into new territory, as my daughter begins preschool next week.

The village is gearing up for a day packed with art, music and entertainment this Saturday, Aug. 9, with the annual “Art on the Lawn” art and craft show and the Village Fam Summer Jam Block Party.

If you spot a couple of rainbow-laden vehicles around the village this year, you’ve got Mills Lawn fifth graders and villagers Joe Ayres and Karla Horvath to thank.

The Senior Center will sponsor a “flash mob” performance downtown tomorrow. Watch a video to learn the moves and join in.

To celebrate a year of wedded bliss, my husband and I decided to take a boat to Kelleys Island in the cold, wind and rain. It was as romantic as you might expect.

The Antioch School will get a little greener this year, thanks to efforts from its students and from recent grants that the school has received in order to expand its garden.

In celebration of Arbor Day, Mills Lawn students gathered on Friday, April 25, to plant two trees on school grounds, with the help of Tree Committee members Anna Bellisari and Macy Reynolds and Krista Magaw of the Tecumseh Land Trust. Watch the video below to get a look at the new trees.

Seven-year-old Mills Lawn student Dane Beal is currently raising money to replace the ash trees that were removed from Mills Lawn after they were damaged by the emerald ash borer.

Ohio’s newest chapter of the Future Farmers of America Organization was born at YSHS this school year.