On Saturday, Oct. 3, YS Hack — a group dedicated to bringing people together to play hacky sack — will celebrate its fifth anniversary as an organization at its second annual “Hack Day.” The day-long event is will be staged at Antioch College, with hackers to gather on the campus “horseshoe” from 2–9 p.m.

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.

Set to take place every Tuesday between Sept. 29 and Oct. 22, the course promises to deepen  participants’ relationships with the natural world around them by honing awareness of bird language patterns.

At a special Village Council meeting on Friday morning, Aug. 21, Village Manager Johnnie Burns announced his resignation, ending his more than 12 years spent working for the Village of Yellow Springs.

We are grateful to be involved with such a wonderful activity, and to have had the opportunity to spend time with the players and families alike; it truly takes a village to make it happen.

Like sand through an hourglass, summer is winding down. The passage of time often slips by with little notice, and its subtle changes often go unseen.

Equal parts food drive, festival and fundraiser, the revived Zombie Walk is open to all living and undead; it’s set for Saturday, Oct. 3, 3–9 p.m., with activities and live music to be staged on the front lawn of the John Bryan Community Center.

In the fall of 1926, eight children entered a nursery school founded, from the start, to serve a socially and economically diverse population, open to families beyond the village’s most privileged circles.

Wheeling Gaunt Day 2026 will take place Saturday, Sept. 12, and will include a slate of activities honoring the 19th-century land owner and philanthropist who purchased his freedom from enslavement before settling in Yellow Springs.

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.