Business has been good for the homegrown, family-run shop, the three Fernature owners told the News in a recent interview. A five-year anniversary open house on Sept. 28 drew a crowd of 100-or-so friends, family and local woodworking buffs.

According to a proposal issued to Council earlier this month, Pracademic’s manager search process will take 10 to 12 weeks — longer if necessary — and will cost $24,500. That amount includes Pracademic’s professional services, recruitment advertising, background investigations, reference checks and additional due diligence.

Uneven pavement, drainage grates and divots in the sidewalks along Xenia Avenue force wheelchair users to push forward with extra umph. Several accessible-designated parking spaces necessitate disabled drivers to exit their cars in potentially dangerous or nonsensical ways.

Stewards of Yellow Springs is a future land trust that one day could purchase or subsidize for-sale homes in the village on behalf of longtime residents who are under threat of moving away to save on housing costs.

For the second year, two local disc jockeys duked it out on Short Street on Sunday, Sept. 6.

One of Yellow Springs’ most acclaimed and celebrated writers will have a homecoming of sorts next year: The late children’s author Virginia Hamilton will be honored with a literary festival in her name.

Many hands made light work of dismantling a human-made rock dam in the Little Miami River on Monday, Oct. 12.

After about an hour of discussion and some debate, Planning Commissioners ultimately voted to go forward with Holt’s recommendations — specifically to set a cap on the number of smoke shops in Yellow Springs at one per every 1,000 residents, and that they can be no closer than 300 feet “as the crow flies” to one another and any youth-centered establishment.

All Village operations and expenses for next year will necessitate a total budget of $19,715,334, with revenue coming in at an estimated $18,646,160.

On Monday evening, Oct. 12, former and beloved Yellow Springs High School social studies teacher Kevin Lydy will host another night of trivia at the brewery — this one, a special occasion, as he’s celebrating a year of schooling and stumping local drinkers and thinkers.