From The Print Last Week Section

• Yellow Springs Street Fair returns June 13

  By YS News StaffMay 29, 2026

  

  Yellow Springs Street Fair will return Saturday, June 13, and will feature more than 200 vendors, with an expected attendance of about 25,000 people.

• School board fetes outgoing Superintendent Holden

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The YS Board of Education’s most recent meeting Wednesday, May 13, marked the near-end of the 2025–26 school year — and the near-end of Superintendent Terri Holden’s time at the helm of YS Schools, as she is set to retire May 31.

• Perry League to return June 5

  By YS News StaffMay 28, 2026

  

  Perry League T-ball, a free beginner baseball program for children ages 2–9, will begin its summer season Friday, June 5, at Gaunt Park.

• Fluff piece— Villagers save bucket of kittens

  By Reilly DixonMay 25, 2026

  

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

• Yellow Springs Public Arts and Culture Commission continues “America 250” series

  By Lauren ShowsMay 24, 2026

  

  Organized by the Village’s Public Arts and Culture Commission, or PACC, two events in the “America 250 Speaker Series” have already been held, and several more are scheduled through October.

• Transitions at Friends Care Community

  By Lauren ShowsMay 23, 2026

  

  Sean Riley stepped into the interim executive director role Jan. 8 — during a transitional moment for Friends Care, amid ongoing conversations about how the 46-year-old nonprofit long-term care center will continue serving the community.

• Laugh, connect at Donnell Land ‘26

  By Lauren ShowsMay 22, 2026

  

  The annual Donnell Land festivities, hosted by comedian and local resident Donnell Rawlings, will return to Yellow Springs over Memorial Day weekend with four days of comedy, outdoor recreation and community gatherings.

• News from the Past: April 2026

  By Don HollisterMay 21, 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.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Pungent effluent

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “I spent a lovely night at the Hall. The fire was in, I had a bag of crab rangoons and a good zombie novel — “The Girl with all the Gifts” by MR Carey.”

• My Name Is Iden | Bored and sad — by design

  By Iden Crockett

  

  “I think that we all need to think more about the way we are training ourselves to think. Humans are born to learn, born to discover.”