Village Life Section :: Page 6

• Tar Hollow Camporee slated

  By Lauren ShowsMay 30, 2024

  

  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

  By YS News StaffMay 25, 2024

  

  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

  By Lauren ShowsMay 23, 2024

  

  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

  By YS News Staff

  

  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?

  By Reilly DixonMay 22, 2024

  

  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.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | What lies beneath

  By Guest ContributorMay 19, 2024

  

  “Spring is springing, the daffodils are flowering, and another bloody critter has dug a hole under the kitchen of Patterdale Hall.”

• Glen Helen Nature Preserve gears up for annual Ecocamp

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Glen Helen is gearing up for this year’s summer Ecocamp for youth, held annually in and around the Outdoor Education Center, or OEC. Beginning June 10 and continuing through Aug. 2, campers will have the chance to explore the flora and fauna of the Glen.

• Spring(s) | On legend and legacy

  By Guest ContributorMay 16, 2024

  

  “Might it be the water that so closely holds together our tightly knit community?”

• ‘Who’s Hungry?’ — New project serves free food to all

  By Lauren ShowsMay 10, 2024

  

  In December last year, longtime local residents Carl Moore and Jim Zehner announced their intention to offer free meals to those who need them in the village by way of their newly formed nonprofit organization, “Who’s Hungry?” This month, the nonprofit will take its first steps into testing Moore and Zehner’s concept, with an opening event Monday, May 13, at MAZU.

• Down to Earth | Green Space Fund enables open space preservation

  By Guest ContributorMay 4, 2024

  

  “The histories of the Yellow Springs Green Space Fund and the Jacoby Green Belt illustrate the Village Council’s ongoing commitment to uphold the longstanding goal of preserving open space around the Village.”