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Jul
14
2025

Village Life Section :: Page 17

  • Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame nominations open

    Jane Baker is being inducted into the Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame, with a reception for its 2018 honorees slated this month. She recently showed off some of the books she designed in her home office on Phillips Street. Baker is a local book publisher, editor and designer and has been a dedicated volunteer to many local nonprofit organizations, including Chamber Music in Yellow Springs, which she cofounded. (Photo by Carla Steiger)

    The Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame Committee is currently accepting nominations of outstanding Greene County women for induction into the 2024 Hall of Fame.

  • Tin Can Economy | Home away from home

    “Diasporas and vacations can occur in tandem; prosperous arrivals and unfortunate departures can be simultaneous.”

  • Great Council State Park now open

    Centered around Shawnee and natural histories, Great Council State Park opens its doors to the public for the first time on Friday, June 7. It’s located at the site of the now-demolished Tecumseh Motel at 1587 U.S. 68 — about six miles south of the village — near Xenia.

  • Street Fair to return Saturday, new focus on waste reduction

    YS Street Fair, 1979; (YS News Archive)

    Street Fair returns Saturday, June 8, in downtown Yellow Springs — this time, with a heightened focus on sustainability and waste reduction. The YS Chamber of Commerce announced this month that it had received a $43,600 Recycle Ohio grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

  • Annual Yellow Springs Strawberry Fest set for Friday

    The event features the sale of strawberry shortcake fixings, with fresh berries from Tom’s Market, ice cream from Young’s Jersey Dairy, home-baked cakes and lemonade, water or coffee.

  • Tar Hollow Camporee slated

    A 60-plus-year tradition continues this month with the annual community “Camporee” event at Tar Hollow State Park.

  • The 365 Project’s Blacks in Yellow Springs walking tours to return

    About 30 people attended 365 Project’s Blacks in Yellow Springs cemetery tour on Saturday, July 24, featuring the stories of the Black villagers who are buried there. (Photo by Kathleen Galarza)

    On Saturday, June 1, a General African American History of Yellow Springs tour will begin at 1 p.m. in front of the Mills Park Hotel.

  • Open Air Village to host fundraiser yard sale

    Early education center Open Air Village, which offers nature-based preschool for ages 3–5 and additional programming for infants and kids through age 10, will hold a multi-family yard sale Saturday, May 25, with proceeds to support the private institution.

  • Perry League T-Ball season to begin

    Kai Kingsley very much keeping his eyes on the ball at Friday night’s Perry Leauge. (Photo by Matt Minde)

    Perry League is the village’s beginner baseball program for all children ages 2–9, regardless of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or level of skill.

  • What’s the buzz around Yellow Springs?

    To mark the seasonal deluge of honey and to celebrate both the two-legged and winged workers who made it, the Greene County Beekeepers Association will host the annual Honey Harvest on Saturday, June 15.

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