Joining Council members and Village staff on Wednesday was public finance attorney Tyler Bridge, of the Dayton-based firm Bricker Graydon, who, in a presentation, outlined the ins and outs of tax increment financing, or TIF, and community reinvestment area, or CRA.

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, Village Council members reconvened after their annual summer break for a regular meeting that included a discussion on increasing the stipend for Council members.

On the humid evening of Friday, Aug. 15, an estimated 400 folks crowded Short Street to roll out the proverbial red carpet for a local landmark and its Hollywood makeover.

In a few months, the Ohio Department of Transportation will move ahead with plans to erect a bridge over U.S. 68 — about five miles south of downtown Yellow Springs — to connect the Little Miami Scenic Bike Trail to Great Council State Park across the road.

At the most recent Planning Commission meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 12, the group again turned their attention to Airbnbs — how many Yellow Springs can sustainably have, and more specifically, how close they can be to one another.

This month, the Peace Mask Project landed in Yellow Springs for a brief residency, and coordinators have been working with community members to make 50 masks of villagers’ faces.

Despite all the existential threats to public media and WYSO losing its federal funding, station General Manager Luke Dennis told the News in an interview last week that the Yellow Springs station’s radio waves will continue sounding out.

“Smaller and Worse: A Nonsense Show” runs at the Foundry Theater at Antioch College Thursday–Saturday, Aug. 14–16. Tickets can be purchased at the door or beforehand at http://www.bit.ly/45cBguU.

Established in 2018 with coordination from the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority and members of the American Public Power Association — including the Village of Yellow Springs — Light Up Navajo has, over the last decade, electrified over 7,000 homes within the Navajo Reservation.