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2026

Gardener did an indie set at 2025 Porchfest. (Photo by Reilly Dixon)

2026 Porchfest organizers seek musicians, porches

The annual festival is set for Saturday, Sept. 19, once again transforming porches, patios, backyards and other neighborhood spaces into stages for a day of free, live performances across the village.

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  •   School board talks safety, start times and exam exemptions

    Traffic safety around district campuses, new school start times and a student proposal to revise the high school’s exam exemption policy were among the topics discussed at the school board’s regular meeting Wednesday, March 11.

  •   State property tax laws to affect district’s budget forecast

    Yellow Springs Schools Treasurer Jacob McGrath told school board members at their Feb. 18 meeting that the district remains financially stable through the end of the decade. At the same time, he said the district faces growing uncertainty as new state property tax laws begin to affect both local revenues and the district’s future levy options.

  •   School district talks start time, bus changes

    At a Jan. 28 work session, the school board continued a discussion of a proposal that was brought forward by district administrators last month: A possible change of start and end times at both campuses, and consolidation of school bussing into one, K–12 route.

Economy (archives)

  •   Senior Center to purchase former lumberyard

    The Yellow Springs Senior Center announced this week that it has signed a contract to purchase the former lumberyard property at 108 Cliff St. The Senior Center had previously announced in January that it was considering the Cliff Street site as a location for its future new facility.

  •   YS Home, Inc. award to fund home repair projects

    Yellow Springs Home, Inc. has secured a $450,000 award through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati’s Affordable Housing Program to fund 25 home repair projects — 12 in Yellow Springs and 13 in Dayton-area neighborhoods.

  •   Village businesses reel from intoxicating hemp ban

    Ohio’s new cannabis and hemp laws, embedded in Senate Bill 56, which bans the sale and possession of intoxicating hemp products, took effect Friday, March 20.

Village Life (archives)

  •   Agraria sows seeds of hope

    Agraria has narrowed its operational focus to four areas: enacting farm-scale permaculture practices, building local ecological knowledge, fostering citizen science and reskilling to preserve traditional practices.

  •   Bentino’s Pizza now YS Pizza Company

    After nearly 20 years under a familiar name, Bentino’s Pizza in Yellow Springs is preparing to reintroduce itself. The Xenia Avenue pizza parlor will soon become YS Pizza Company, owner Carl Lea told the News last month.

  •   Meet Your Nonprofits | Feminist Health Fund— Bridging healthcare gaps

    Now in its fourth decade, the Feminist Health Fund provides direct financial assistance to women facing unaffordable health care costs including prescriptions, diagnostic testing, dental care and trauma recovery.

Government (archives)

  •   Miami Township— Trustees broach cemeteries, fiscal transition

    Budget questions — particularly around cemetery spending, future capital needs and how Township funds should be used across departments — have been at the center of recent Miami Township Trustees discussions, first at their March 2 regular meeting and again at a March 9 work session focused on cemetery appropriations.

  •   Portion of Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road closed through April 10

    The Greene County Engineer’s Office announced earlier this week that a stretch of Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road will be closed from Monday, March 30 through Friday, April 10.

  •   Three-day road closure on U.S. 68

    Beginning Tuesday, March 24, a stretch of U.S. 68, about six miles south of downtown Yellow Springs, will close for three days. The closure — by Brush Row Road and Great Council State Park in Oldtown — will go into effect at 8 a.m., and will be in place through late Thursday.

Obituaries (archives)

  •   Philip Lemkau

    Beloved retired physics teacher Philip John Lemkau died with family at his side on Feb. 3, 2026.

  •   Bradlee “Brad” Terry

    Bradlee “Brad” Terry (Teravainen), of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away April 2, 2026, at the Trinity Community of Fairborn nursing home, at the age of 91.

  •   Richard Funderburg

    Richard Funderburg, born April 27, 1951, passed away on April 9, 2026; he was 74.

  •   Shirley Ann Hatfield

    Shirley Ann Hatfield transitioned from this world on March 26, 2026, after a brief hospitalization and hospice care.

  •   Jean McConville Payne

    Jean McConville Payne passed away unexpectedly April 1, 2026, at the age of 70, due to complications from vascular dementia.

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