This week, Village worker Travis Hotaling took a momentary break from meter reading to beautify some more downtown fire hydrants.

At a recent work session, Monday, June 23, Village Council members and Village staff mused over the practical limits of growing the physical boundaries of Yellow Springs, as well as the population within.

After several reported sightings in the region and county, a young black bear made its way to Yellow Springs on Saturday, June 28. 

Owned by Yellow Springs newcomers and longtime “van-lifers,” Mike and Dani Mortell, Nook Overland’s operations have outgrown their 4,750-square-foot building in the Millworks Industrial Park, the couple told the News last week.

At the group’s most recent meeting, Monday, June 16, Village Council members gave first readings to four ordinances regarding proposed apartments on or near Antioch College’s campus, a forthcoming property tax levy, the upcoming Pride celebration in the village and more.

On Saturday, June 21, 15 students will graduate from Antioch College — an auspicious number of degrees to be conferred, as the college is also celebrating 15 years since the hiring of Mark Roosevelt as president in 2010, leading to the school’s reopening in 2011.

An estimated three inches of rain fell in a single hour that night, according to Glen Helen Executive Director Nick Boutis, causing the Yellow Springs Creek to rise suddenly and surge over public trails and walkways.

The group voted unanimously to recommended Village Council approves Windsor’s plans to build a 96-unit apartment complex at the site of the Antioch College Student Union, as well as a 43-unit, senior-based apartment complex in the Charles F. Kettering building.

Several downtown Yellow Springs storefronts were robbed overnight, with some shop owners returning to work Sunday morning, June 15, to find broken glass and stolen money. 

Repairing a public pool pump is no cheap endeavor. So, to help offset the costs and to move the pool’s opening along, the artists at Lucky Bunny Tattoo Club chipped in $1,000.