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• Revenue loss projected in YS Schools budget forecast

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 4, 2026

  

  Yellow Springs Schools expects to lose about $2.4 million in local revenue over the next five years due to several recently enacted property tax laws, according to an updated five-year financial forecast presented to the school board Wednesday, Aug. 12.

• Foundry Theater at Antioch College readies fourth season

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The Foundry Theater at Antioch College is preparing to kick off its fourth season of programming next month, with a lineup that — as has been the theater’s bread and butter the last three years — spans a range of cultural traditions and artistic forms.

• Have a seat at the ‘Longest Table’ in Yellow Springs

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 3, 2026

  

  The free gathering asks participants to bring food — “something for themselves and something to share,” organizers told the News last week — along with their own plates and utensils, and sit down to eat with neighbors.

• After a long wait, Tik’s Thai opens in Yellow Springs

  By YS News StaffSeptember 1, 2026

  

  Tik’s Thai, Yellow Springs’ newest downtown restaurant, opened in earnest Thursday, Aug. 13, when the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce marked the occasion with a ribbon-cutting.

• $8.65 million in wastewater improvements recommended

  By Reilly DixonAugust 31, 2026

  

  At the meeting, Council members heard a familiar story: Yellow Springs is laden with old underground pipes that need fixing, and planning for repairs today would be cheaper than making them under duress tomorrow.

• Villager to run NYC Marathon to benefit local enrichment nonprofit

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 29, 2026

  

  Villager Chris Westhoff is running in the New York Marathon for Team Komera, raising money for a nonprofit enriching the lives of girls and young women in Rwanda, whose managing director, Ashley Lackovich, also lives in the village.

• KAPOW!— Vehicle hits comic shop

  By Reilly DixonAugust 28, 2026

  

  It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a red Chevy Tahoe that collided with the side of Super-Fly Comics and Games on Wednesday night, June 3.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | A hypnagogic state of affairs

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “The beans are in the ground and spring has officially sprung. It looks like we will get one more chilly day and then it is plain sailing into summer.”

• Book review— Davis’ ‘Here Where We Stand’

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “This work is not strictly a roman à clef — “a novel with a key” that uses real people and places to explore themes in fictionalized ways.”

• My Name Is Iden | Put me in, coach

  By Iden Crockett

  

  “I’ve had plenty of teachers, most unacknowledged. Bill was one of them. Bill taught me that kindness isn’t naivety or weakness. Kindness is wisdom and softness is strength.”