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• Yellow Springs United Methodist Church aims for Easter renewal

  By Lauren ShowsApril 3, 2026

  

  The 178-year-old church aims to open its doors with renewed vitality on Easter Sunday, April 5, as both a place of worship and as a place the congregation hopes the wider community will once again feel called to enter.

• News from the Past: March 2026

  By Don HollisterMarch 31, 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.

• Open Air Village eyes home-based move

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 13, 2026

  

  Beginning this summer, Open Air Village expects to relocate to a home on President Street, provided the Village approves a zoning variance that would allow the Gays to operate an in-home child care program there.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | By the pricking of my thumbs

  By Guest ContributorMarch 12, 2026

  

  “Every time it warms up a bit, I consider turning the water back on but then I check the weather forecast only to discover a week of temperatures below freezing.”

• Turner resigns from YSCCC

  By YS News StaffMarch 6, 2026

  

  The Board of Directors of Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center announced Tuesday, Feb. 17, that Executive Director Aillevrah Turner had submitted her resignation, effective immediately.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Winter decks the Hall

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “Our main sewage line froze and then un-blocked, miraculously. Then, this morning, the water lines to our kitchen froze, which is frustrating but not unexpected. Plumbers will be making a fortune when all this thaws out.”

• Archivist Sanders to talk Antioch College history

  By YS News Staff

  

  Antiochiana Archivist Scott Sanders will present a monthly series of one-hour talks exploring the history of Antioch College on the second Wednesday of each month, 12:30–1:30 p.m., beginning March 11, in the Olive Kettering Library.

• News from the Past: February 2026

  By Don HollisterFebruary 28, 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.

• Statewide lanternfly quarantine issued

  By YS News StaffFebruary 27, 2026

  

  The Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued a statewide quarantine for the invasive spotted lanternfly, expanding a previous quarantine that targeted 18 of Ohio’s 88 counties.

• Local America 250 series to launch

  By YS News StaffFebruary 26, 2026

  

  “The Penman of the Revolution: Meet the Man Who Wrote America” — the inaugural program in a planned six-part local America 250 Speaker Series — will be presented Friday, Feb. 27, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Senior Center Great Room.