Village Life Section :: Page 2

• Fluff piece— Villagers save bucket of kittens

  By Reilly DixonMay 25, 2026

  

  Earlier this month, villagers Kyle Truitt and Erin Hankie rendezvoused to save five kittens left in a bucket beneath a Little Free Pantry.

• Yellow Springs Public Arts and Culture Commission continues “America 250” series

  By Lauren ShowsMay 24, 2026

  

  Organized by the Village’s Public Arts and Culture Commission, or PACC, two events in the “America 250 Speaker Series” have already been held, and several more are scheduled through October.

• Transitions at Friends Care Community

  By Lauren ShowsMay 23, 2026

  

  Sean Riley stepped into the interim executive director role Jan. 8 — during a transitional moment for Friends Care, amid ongoing conversations about how the 46-year-old nonprofit long-term care center will continue serving the community.

• Laugh, connect at Donnell Land ‘26

  By Lauren ShowsMay 22, 2026

  

  The annual Donnell Land festivities, hosted by comedian and local resident Donnell Rawlings, will return to Yellow Springs over Memorial Day weekend with four days of comedy, outdoor recreation and community gatherings.

• News from the Past: April 2026

  By Don HollisterMay 21, 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.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Pungent effluent

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “I spent a lovely night at the Hall. The fire was in, I had a bag of crab rangoons and a good zombie novel — “The Girl with all the Gifts” by MR Carey.”

• My Name Is Iden | Bored and sad — by design

  By Iden Crockett

  

  “I think that we all need to think more about the way we are training ourselves to think. Humans are born to learn, born to discover.”

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | It’s the start that’s difficult

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “I’m writing a diary that one day my children might find interesting and hopefully later generations will, ahem, ‘treasure.'”

• A decade of feeding the community at Heartbeat Learning Gardens

  By YS News StaffMay 18, 2026

  

  Since reorganizing as a nonprofit in 2016, Heartbeat Learning Gardens has donated all its organically grown produce to local food pantries; this year marks a decade of that work.

• Spring(s) | Beloved Community transformed

  By YS News StaffMay 15, 2026

  

  “The fact that Mrs. Obama and her brother are purposefully focusing on personal interaction as opposed to any audience expectation of politics is subtly and exactly right for where we are in America today.”