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.

“For the second week in a row, “The Phoenician Scheme” continues its run at the Little Art this weekend, and if you’re at all starved for symmetrical eye candy and over-the-top assassination attempts, buy the ticket and take the ride.”

Yellow Springs newcomer Geoff Hohwald owns and operates The Banjo Warehouse — the headquarters for his online sales business and where he conducts one-on-one picking and plucking instruction.

Village Manager Johnnie Burns’ vision is to restrict the road, which connects Xenia Avenue and South Walnut Street, entirely to pedestrian use — a public space for residents and visitors alike to gather, eat and lounge.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced earlier this month that it has expanded the state’s quarantine area for the spotted lanternfly to six additional counties in northeast and northwest Ohio.