Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.

• A hike through the Glen’s Sutton Farm

  By Megan BachmanMay 24, 2018

  

  Last week, Nick Boutis led a public hike through the a 76-acre farm that Glen Helen Association purchased last year, detailing the group’s restoration plans. See more photos after the jump.

• Baptists celebrate 155 years

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  The First Baptist Church isn’t the largest church around. But its members believe their church is outsize in the ways that really matter.

• Odd Fellows to host Memorial Day events

  By YS News StaffMay 23, 2018

  

  The YS Odd Fellows invite the community to help place flags on veterans’ gravestones and attend a ceremony and historical talk in honor of Memorial Day this weekend.

• Hope Taft to talk Ohio Scenic Rivers Act at TLT annual meeting

  By YS News StaffMay 21, 2018

  

  Tecumseh Land Trust invites the public to the 2018 annual gathering and meeting at the McCulloch Fen Run Farm on Sunday, June 3, at 2 p.m. This year’s guest speaker will be Hope Taft, former first lady of Ohio, who will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ohio’s Scenic Rivers Act.

• Going deeply into the natural world

  By Matt MindeMay 17, 2018

  

  This spring, Emily Foubert has begun sharing her passion for bird language with others. In February she began a monthly Bird Language Club at the Trailside Museum of Glen Helen, on the second Saturday of each month, from 9 a.m. to noon.

• Mayor proclaims ‘Tracy H. Logan Jr. Walk and Bike to School Day’

  By Lauren ShowsMay 16, 2018

  

  Last Wednesday, May 9, Mills Lawn Elementary School held its annual Bike to School Day event, at which the late Tracy Logan was honored.

• Campaign seeks end to mental illness stigma

  By YS News StaffMay 12, 2018

  

  May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, is observing the month by participating in a new national campaign called “CureStigma.” 

• Paranormal author to speak at Spirited Goat

  By Megan BachmanMay 10, 2018

  

  Paranormal author Michele Zirkle will share the story of a water haunting in her West Virginia home and other esoterica at a talk in town Saturday.

• The audacity of dandelions

  By Matt Minde

  

  Dandelions: probably the most-hated cheerful flower.

• Teacher to return to YS Dharma Center

  By YS News StaffApril 29, 2018

  

  Buddhist meditation guiding teacher Rebecca Bradshaw will return to the Yellow Springs Dharma Center on Thursday, May 3, to give a talk at 8 p.m. titled “Four Faces of Compassion.”