New elects Stephanie Pearce, Angie Hsu and Senay Semere joined continuing Council members Gavin DeVore Leonard and Carmen Brown. This is the youngest sitting Council in at least 20 years.

The New Year’s Eve ball drop that ushered Yellow Springs into 2026 was villager Lance Rudegeair’s last. The annual tradition — and the bedazzled disco ball itself — have been passed onto Dan Badger, who will drop the village into 2027 and beyond.

After an unexpected closure that lasted two days earlier this week, Yellow Springs Pharmacy is “going nowhere,” staffers told the News on Friday. The location will maintain its regular hours of Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

For a little village of about 3,700 people, it may seem strange to see two pizza parlors sharing the same downtown — let alone, sitting across the street from one another.

Village Council rounded out 2025 with an ambitious agenda for its final meeting of the year Monday, Dec. 15 — the group covered police cameras, conversion therapy, appropriations, bus lines and more.

Windsor representatives have been working with Village staff over the last several months to negotiate a tax abatement agreement — one that Windsor representatives claim would help offset development costs and make the project more financeable.

Right around the turn of the new year, the Yellow Springs Development Corporation is expected to close on the purchase of two downtown buildings: 252 and 254 Xenia Ave.

At the group’s most recent regular meeting, Monday, Dec. 1, Village Council approved the 2026 municipal budget — one with a projected deficit of $558,100, with municipal expenses expected to outpace revenues.

The event, co-sponsored by Tecumseh Land Trust, Glen Helen and Tesseract Books, will take place Dec. 5, 7–9 p.m., in the Glen’s Vernet Ecological Center at 405 Corry St. Twelve local poets will read original works, followed by a wine and cheese reception and an open mic session.

The Yellow Springs Community Foundation and the YS Credit Union are joining forces to launch a new program aimed at incentivizing locals to spend more of their dollars in town.