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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.
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Meet your new community paramedic
Steffinie Brewer began work late last year as MTFR’s first community paramedic, a position Fire Chief James Cannell pitched to Township Trustees as a prevention-focused complement to the department’s ongoing emergency response work.
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Ohio Underground Film Fest to debut in Yellow Springs
A new film festival will make its first appearance in the village next month — accompanied not by a red carpet, but by $5 admission and films made far outside the mainstream. The Ohio Underground Film Fest will debut Saturday, March 28, noon–9 p.m., in Glen Helen’s Vernet Center.
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News from the Past: February 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.
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Tweedle D’s joins referendum effort
Downtown store Tweedle D’s is currently collecting signatures for a statewide referendum effort that aims to overturn some parts of Ohio’s recently passed marijuana and hemp law, which moved through the Legislature last year as Senate Bill 56.
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Statewide lanternfly quarantine issued
The Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued a statewide quarantine for the invasive spotted lanternfly, expanding a previous quarantine that targeted 18 of Ohio’s 88 counties.
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Avant-garde musicians MacKay, Neutrals to play at Herdon
On Saturday, Feb. 28, two acts — Chicago-based guitarist, songwriter and composer Bill MacKay and area experimental percussion duo Neutrals — will take the stage in Herndon Gallery at Antioch College for an avant-garde double bill that promises approaches to sound and structure that, at turns, overlap and diverge.
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Poetry, hip hop at Herndon
A poetry event on Thursday, Feb. 20, and a hip-hop performance on Friday, Feb. 21, originally slated for the Foundry Theater, will now be held at the Herndon Gallery after a boiler malfunction and subsequent water damage closed the Foundry, as well as the Wellness Center and the Art and Science Building.
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Strong voices on Short Street
Around 100 villagers crowded the John Bryan Community Center’s gymnasium on Wednesday, Jan. 21, to sound off at a public forum hosted by the James A. McKee Association.
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Possible ICE surge threatens neighbors
Thousands of neighbors to Yellow Springs’ north may be the targets of a possible large-scale federal immigration enforcement operation to take place in the coming weeks.










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