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

• ‘Horse Sense for Challenging Times’ workshop this weekend

  By YS News StaffJune 24, 2019

  

  Equine-facilitated learning pioneer Linda Kohanov will lead “The Power Behind Nonviolence: Horse Sense for Challenging Times,” in Yellow Springs this Friday–Sunday, June 28–30.

• Donations needed for fireworks display

  By Lauren ShowsJune 20, 2019

  

  The Odd Fellows depend on donations from the community to help cover the roughly $7,700 cost of the event.

• Heaving a ball at Agraria

  By YS News Staff

  

  Two weeks ago, 36 educators from public schools in Yellow Springs, Xenia, Fairborn, Springfield, and Dayton attended a two-day workshop at Agraria.

• Juneteenth in Yellow Springs — A tribute to emancipation

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The first of the two Juneteenth celebrations will be held Saturday, June 15, 2–5 p.m., at Mills Park Hotel. The celebration is coordinated by villager Carmen Lee through her event planning business, Yokel.

• Good green from bad green

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Not all green is “green.” That’s the message from local land managers who are combating a host of non-native invasive plant species that menace locally preserved and reclaimed lands. 

• A new farm is hit with tragedy

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Last month, a whiteboard in the heated greenhouse at Oasis Aqua Farms in Beavercreek Township boasted a variety of fresh, organically grown greens and herbs available that day. Then came the tornado.

• AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS TO EXECUTE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH NATIONALLY PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES

  By YS News Staff

  

  ORDINANCE 2019-16, VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO

• Blacks in YS tour rescheduled

  By YS News StaffJune 18, 2019

  

  Due to inclement weather, the 365 Project’s Blacks in Yellow Springs walking tour focused on the history of Black landownership in the village, originally scheduled for June 15, has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 22

• Homes, businesses damaged by storms may be eligible for tax reduction

  By YS News StaffJune 13, 2019

  

  Property owners of homes or businesses that have been damaged by recent storms may be eligible to receive a reduction on annual real estate tax bills starting in 2020.

• ‘Green death’ and other invasives

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Drew Diehl calls it “the Green Death.” Pervasive in many areas, a single non-native species of honeysuckle — Amur honeysuckle — has transformed the local landscape over the last 30 years.