Since 2021, Tony Mumford has been building a youth chess program in Yellow Springs — one designed to teach village kids not just the fundamentals of the age-old game, but also to foster confidence and critical thinking that can be taken well beyond the checkered board.

Occasional village resident Pierre Nagley and Antioch alumna Kya Kim recently published an illustrated storybook — one that recounts the harrowing escape of their beloved feline, Boomer.

Passed as an emergency ordinance and taking effect immediately, the moratorium will last 180 days and stops the issuance of any use, zoning and building permits, as well as certificates of occupancy for new smoke shops. 

Professional boxer and Yellow Springs resident Samuel Wildenhaus has been training doggedly for his next big fight, set for Saturday, June 13, at Middletown’s Land of Illusion.

At present, about 84% of the Village’s electricity comes from renewable sources — wind farms, hydroelectric dams and gas emitted from landfills. Around 3.6% local energy comes from the Village’s own, one megawatt solar array on Glass Farm, which went online in 2017.

Equal parts vintage thrift store and small appliance repair shop, Golden Goods plans to open its doors at 252 Xenia Ave. — the site of the former toy store — on Friday, June 5. Tentative hours will be Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

At the most recent regular Village Council meeting, Monday, May 18, Council members broached the possibility of changing a couple longstanding policies and programs — one being the onus of sidewalk maintenance and upkeep.

Earlier this month, villagers Kyle Truitt and Erin Hankie rendezvoused to save five kittens left in a bucket beneath a Little Free Pantry.

Questions about downtown parking — Does the village have enough? Does it need more? — were once again before Council at the group’s May 4 regular meeting.

New village resident and photographer Logan Delong happened across a remarkably uncommon sight on his morning hike through Glen Helen on Sunday, May 3: a river otter sunbathing on a log in the preserve’s beaver-made wetland.