Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.
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Annual Black Farming Conference to return
The annual Black Farming Conference returns this year on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28 — this time in a new location.
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Planning Commission approves next steps in ongoing development projects
At the group’s Tuesday, Sept. 10 meeting, Planning Commission members approved: a phase two final plat application from DDC Management, a conditional use application from Ruetschle Architects on behalf of the Village School District and a zoning map amendment to rezone 3.612 acres of school district-owned land.
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Tecumseh Land Trust seeks protection on 184 acres
Approximately 184 acres along Dayton-Yellow Springs Road may soon go up for auction to the highest bidder; Tecumseh Land Trust intends to purchase that land or work with a buyer to protect it from future development with conservation easements.
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Burn ban set for county as drought persists
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Ohio State Fire Marshal classified Greene County as experiencing an “extreme drought.” Following this, the marshal instated a burn ban for Greene and other Ohio counties under “extreme” or “exceptional” drought conditions.
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Free community meal welcomes all
The locally based Beloved Community Project offers a free community meal each month, typically on the third Saturday of each month, noon–2 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church. The next meal is Sept. 21.
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Village novelist debuts ‘Fatal Errors’
Local resident and writer Cyndi Pauwels — known to readers by her nom de plume, C.L. Pauwels — has a new book ready to grace shelves: “Fatal Errors,” Pauwels’ fourth novel, published in August by Crossroad Press.
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Burkett new Village Mediation coordinator
A free conflict-resolution service in Yellow Springs since 1989, the Village Mediation Program, or VMP, helps feuding villagers and township residents get to the bottom of their issues.
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Tin Can Economy | Lesser-of-two-evilism is bunk
“Vote for whomever you will, but please do not begrudge those with misgivings over checking the ‘lesser’ of the two evil boxes on Tuesday, Nov. 6.”
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Local swimmer’s goal spawns new nonprofit
Amy Wamsley is slated to swim across the English Channel next spring — a goal she’s held since childhood. At the same time, she’s currently working to build her newly established nonprofit, Amy’s Swimventure.
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Wheeling Gaunt Day celebration planned
The 365 Project will host the third annual Wheeling Gaunt Day on Saturday, Sept. 14, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Wheeling Gaunt Statue plaza to commemorate the life of the Black real estate investor/philanthropist who donated nine acres of land, now Gaunt Park, to the village.
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