Equal parts food drive, festival and fundraiser, the revived Zombie Walk is open to all living and undead; it’s set for Saturday, Oct. 3, 3–9 p.m., with activities and live music to be staged on the front lawn of the John Bryan Community Center.

At the most recent Village Council meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 8, Village Council approved several pieces of legislation in connection with outgoing Village Manager Johnnie Burns’ resignation, which he announced at a special meeting last month.

“No more of this “Aw, shucks. How did we get to this point?” If we agree we want something — affordable housing, greater diversity, a downtown that favors villagers over visitors — then divert the resources to make it happen tomorrow.”

“There’s no place Arthur isn’t. In fact, he’s wriggling around on my lap as I type this. He’s upended the grammar of our daily lives and I’m sure he’ll be swaddled by every line I’ll ever write again.”

Next weekend, Springfield-based Star Crossed Productions will stage “The Tempest” in the old abandoned amphitheater tucked behind John Bryan Community Center — a dramatic, albeit fleeting renaissance for one of Yellow Springs’ forgotten spaces. 

Owned by the Village since 1974 and located in the northwest reaches of Yellow Springs, the 42-acre property has been the locus of conservation and housing debates and discussions for several decades.

By a vote of 5–0, the commission gave the greenlight to MadCab Events to continue bringing a rotating fleet of food trucks to the college’s grassy “horseshoe” space under the shadow of Main Building every Monday evening, May through August, 5–9  p.m.

At the meeting, Council members heard a familiar story: Yellow Springs is laden with old underground pipes that need fixing, and planning for repairs today would be cheaper than making them under duress tomorrow.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a red Chevy Tahoe that collided with the side of Super-Fly Comics and Games on Wednesday night, June 3.

The clocks turned back to 1869 on Thursday, May 28, when the Cincinnati Red Stockings faced off against the Antioch Nine in an old-timey baseball game played under the shadow of Antioch College’s main building.