The school district and Village government continue to work together to flesh out the details and possibilities of a proposed 50-unit low-income housing development.

On Sunday, Oct. 6, the ribbon was cut on the new, mile-long multi-modal path — lovingly dubbed Mary’s Way, after the late Mary Donahoe — that connects the Yellow Springs High School campus to Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice and Hall Hunger Initiative.

Local funny guy Justin Howard’s eight-week-long improvisational acting class in the Yellow Springs Hardware Store culminated on Tuesday, Sept. 24, when his students got on stage for a final, quasi public performance.

Local painter Leo Hong Mao was seen out standing in his field on Tuesday evening, Oct. 1.

On the dark and stormy night of Sept. 27, when the remnants of Hurricane Helene brought tropical storm force gales to Ohio, local home repairman and builder Antonio Molina took a near-fatal tumble.

Approximately 184 acres of contiguous farmland just beyond the western reaches of Village limits are slated to be sold before the end of the year; Tecumseh Land Trust intends to purchase the available properties or work with potential buyers to place conservation easements on the land, thus precluding any future development there.

Tentatively dubbed “Unity Village” by Columbus-based real estate developer Windsor Companies, the planned buildings will be composed of 32 two-bedroom and 96 one-bedroom units — 128 in total — ranging from 650 to 1,100 square feet.

The Leftovers did it again — the team is, for the third year in a row, the reigning champs of the local adult softball league.

What was previously a continuation of the grassy perimeter around the pond, the new native prairie — stretching across 4,500 square feet in the northern reaches of Ellis Park — is now a dappled patchwork of milkweed, aster, ironweed, coneflowers and other native flowers. 

At the group’s Tuesday, Sept. 10 meeting, Planning Commission members approved: a phase two final plat application from DDC Management, a conditional use application from Ruetschle Architects on behalf of the Village School District and a zoning map amendment to rezone 3.612 acres of school district-owned land.