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Ceramicist Richard Overman, of Cincinnati, exhibited mugs and other pieces with strong personalities at this year's Art on the Lawn. (Photo by Isaac Delamarte)

Ceramicist Richard Overman, of Cincinnati, exhibited mugs and other pieces with strong personalities at the 2016 Art on the Lawn. (News archive photo by Isaac Delamarte)

Art on the Lawn returns to Mills Lawn

Village Artisans will present its 42nd annual Art on the Lawn Festival on Saturday, Aug. 8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., at the corner of Limestone and Phillips streets, behind Mills Lawn School.

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Web Features

My Name Is Iden | In defense of the dark arts

“Most of my time and creative energy isn’t spent on words. It’s spent on images — images that tend to be, as my own artist bio politely puts it, ‘intense.'”
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Miami Township Trustees discuss cemetery oversight

Plans to prepare the Pine Forest section of Glen Forest Cemetery for burials led to extensive discussion at the Monday, July 20, meeting of the Miami Township Trustees, as board members debated the cost of adding pine needle ground cover to the site — and more broadly, how decisions about Township cemeteries should be made.
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Room for all on the Perry League diamond

The league operates under a few simple and unique rules: there are no teams, no assigned positions, no batting order, and every batter gets 1,000 strikes.
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Arts (archives)

Fishin’ for poetry with Alice Miller
Some days rivers run; others, they dry up and go to bed. Rivers wind and meander, flood and flow. Rivers wash against and carry with them enough organisms to be alive themselves. Perhaps, then, a river isn’t so unlike poetry. Local poet and literary organizer Alice Miller sure thinks so: over the summer, Miller’s been hosting a suite of poetry-focused recitations and readings at Tesseract Books he’s dubbed “The Poem River Series."
‘An Evening of Julius Eastman’ with Neutrals and Friends— A lost voice returns at Emporium
Neutrals and Friends will perform several works by avant-garde composer and musician Julius Eastman Friday, July 24, 7 p.m, at the Emporium. Eastman died in 1990, and his work has experienced a resurgence over the last two decades following years of obscurity.
‘Why not penguins?’ — Community Pottery mural turns 50
As the United States marks its semiquincentennial, Yellow Springs has another anniversary to observe: The days just before July 4 mark 50 years that the penguins adorning John Bryan Community Pottery have been staring into the middle distance.

Village Schools (archives)

YS Schools delays opening to Aug. 31
Yellow Springs Schools students will begin classes Monday, Aug. 31 — seven instructional days later than originally planned — to allow additional time to prepare the district’s renovated school buildings.
YS Schools— First day of school remains on track; contingency calendar in place
Yellow Springs Schools students are expected to begin the upcoming school year as planned on Thursday, Aug. 20, inside both district buildings. Construction crews will still be at work putting the finishing touches on the updated facilities into November, but Superintendent Megan Winston said the administration and construction team remain optimistic that the buildings will be ready for the first day of school. The school board held a special meeting Tuesday, July 14, to discuss a proposed contingency calendar for the school year in the event that there are unexpected construction delays.
School facilities project enters final stretch
At its Wednesday, June 10, regular meeting, the YS Board of Education received an update on the district’s ongoing facilities project, which is entering its final summer stretch; the meeting was held at MVECA while both Mills Lawn and YS Middle and High School remain under construction.

Economy (archives)

New cleaning business opens in Corry Street Plaza
A clean space where people feel at home and at peace — that’s what Quetzal Gomez, of 111 Cleaning Services, hopes to deliver for her clients in Yellow Springs and beyond.
A local chef’s mobile ‘roots’
Van Ward, known to patrons of MAZU restaurant as a purveyor of adventurous specials and dining events, struck out on her own last month with Taproot, the “mobile kitchen” she founded with her wife, Bee Ward. The new business aims to offer private dining experiences with a vegan menu, while continuing to collaborate with MAZU.
New aircraft manufacturing facility planned north of village
On Tuesday, July 21, American aerospace company Electra announced plans to construct a new aircraft production facility to be sited at AirPark Ohio, adjacent to Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport and three miles north of Yellow Springs.

Village Life (archives)

News from the Past: July 2026
Contributing writer Don Hollister dove into the YS News archives to uncover past articles and more in his most recent installment of his News from the Past column.
Sea Dogs season ends with a splash, awards
A nonprofit started in 1991, the Sea Dogs are run by a parent-board, who rent the pool from the Village, organize competitions, take photos, fundraise, and cheer on swimmers as they compete.
YS Senior Center— Sale of Livermore property falls through ahead of expected close
The YS Senior Center reported this week that the planned sale of its Livermore Street property has fallen through, leaving the nonprofit with what it described in a press release as a “critical, $325K shortfall” as a deadline approaches for its purchase of 108 Cliff St.

Government (archives)

Local governing bodies hold joint meeting — growth, levies and taxes broached
For the first time in over three years, representatives from all three local governmental bodies — Village Council, Yellow Springs Board of Education and Miami Township Board of Trustees — gathered in one room. The goal of the two-hour meeting held Thursday, July 9, was to discuss ways the three groups could work more closely and collaboratively on matters of development, finances and, more generally, small-town cohesion.
Meredith Road to close for culvert replacement
Meredith Road will be closed between SR 343 and Hilt Road for a culvert replacement beginning Monday, Aug. 10.
Miami Township Trustees decline legal review of reimbursements
Miami Township Trustees voted 2–1 Monday, July 6, not to seek additional legal advice on whether the Township can reimburse Township staff and officials for health insurance premiums, likely closing a months-long dispute over the legality and propriety of the practice.

Obituaries (archives)

Edward “Eddie” Wingard
Edward “Eddie” L. Wingard, Ph.D., 89, was born July 27, 1936, in Pike County, Alabama, to the late Jesse and Alice Wingard. He transitioned from this earthly life July 11, 2026, at Shawnee Estates Senior Living Center in Xenia, Ohio. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Jesse Roy Wingard.
Alan Greenberg
Alan Greenberg took his last breath on May 27, 2026, at the young age of 74.
Cori Christiansen
It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of Cori Christiansen.
Marjorie (Johnson) Anthony
Marjorie (Johnson) Anthony was born on April 1, 1933, to the late Noxie and Adelle (Cowan) Johnson in Murray, Kentucky.
Pat Simon
Patricia “Pat” Margaret (Hixson) Simon peacefully passed away on May 14, 2026, at her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, at the age of 86 years.

Higher Education (archives)

Antioch College alumni’s Volunteer Work Project turns 40
Antioch College alumni gather on campus up to four times a year as part of the ongoing Volunteer Work Project, a gift of labor from alumni to the college that began in 1986.
Antiochiana archivist to talk ‘Antioch and the Civil War’
Antiochiana Archivist Scott Sanders presents a monthly series of one-hour talks exploring the history of Antioch College on the second Wednesday of each month, 12:30–1:30 p.m., in the Olive Kettering Library.
Antioch students question college governance
Three days before Antioch College’s June 20 commencement, graduating student Lark Orbe and first-year student Zion Villines entered President Jane Fernandes’ office hoping to persuade her to reconsider a decision.

Sports (archives)

Perry League— T-ball enters second half of the season
The Fourth of July holiday traditionally marks the midpoint of summer vacation for local schoolchildren, a sure sign that summer is in full swing.
Perry League— In rain, T-ballers shift gears
While Ohio weather forecasts are known to change about a dozen times throughout the course of a single day, there was still concern leading up to Friday, June 26, that it could be our first rained-out game of the season. We’d been fortunate so far, with June’s previous three Fridays having near-perfect baseball conditions.
Perry League | T-ballers take the plate in style
What a lovely night for T-ball! The sun was shining on the bats, with kids having fun, and the sound of a bat hitting the ball was the only sound you would hear other than Obi’s fan club cheering. I saw lots of great hits to left field, right field and many to center field. But the biggest hit I saw was by River Brevik, 7, with a smashing hit to center field. — Thea Brevik, 10