Deep in the northern reaches of Glen Helen, tucked just a few feet off the Inman Trail and between the Yellow Spring and the Cascades, is a prehistoric earthwork — a signature of the area’s early human inhabitants.

It’s been about two weeks since Jeff Sheridan started as Yellow Springs’ interim Village manager, and he’s already settling into the position, he told the News last week from his second-floor Bryan Center office.

At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, Sept. 21, Village Council members voted affirmatively to accept the resignation of Village Manager Johnnie Burns, as well as to approve separation and consultation agreements with him.

Set for Wednesday, Sept. 30 through Sunday, Oct. 4, the YS Film Fest’s nearly 30 events, programs  and films will take place on stages and screens across the village — at Antioch College’s Foundry Theater, Little Art Theatre, briefly on a closed-down Short Street and, new this year, 91.3 WYSO’s Union Schoolhouse. 

There’s no telling the number of do-si-does, promenades and swings the Corndrinkers have seen over the last half-century. To this day, the five-piece string band’s calendar is chock full of square dances and folk festivals, small-town gigs and unplugged jams.

Set to take place every Tuesday between Sept. 29 and Oct. 22, the course promises to deepen  participants’ relationships with the natural world around them by honing awareness of bird language patterns.

“An Evening with Holly Near” begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the Foundry Theater. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $5 for students.

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.”