Yellow Springs News

01/10/2026

“Growing Christmas trees as a cash crop in the United States began in the early 1900s in western Pennsylvania. Some of the first Christmas tree plantations were started in Indiana County — the county where I grew up — in 1918.”

Last week, contributing writer and villager Don Cipollini mused on the agrinomics, the sentimentality and the botany behind Christmas tree cultivation.

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"Growing Christmas trees as a cash crop in the United States began in the early 1900s in western Pennsylvania. Some of the first Christmas tree plantations were started in Indiana County — the county where I grew up — in 1918."

01/09/2026

Though the village’s corner pharmacy was closed unexpectedly for two days earlier this week, and amid some rumors circulating online of a permanent closure, the technicians behind the counter at Yellow Springs Pharmacy had simple message for the community:

“We’re here for the long-haul,” pharmacist Rick Berning told the News on Friday, Jan. 9. “Yes, we had to close for a few days, but in the long-term, we’re not going anywhere.

Barring any additional unexpected closures, Yellow Springs Pharmacy’s hours will continue to be Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

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After an unexpected closure that lasted two days earlier this week, Yellow Springs Pharmacy is "going nowhere," staffers told the News on Friday. The location will maintain its regular hours of Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

01/09/2026

The area National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, hosts a local Connection Recovery Support Group, for those living with a mental health condition, the second Monday of each month, 6:30–8 p.m.

The next meeting is Jan. 12.

The area National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, hosts a local Connection Recovery Support Group, for those living with a mental health condition, the second Monday of each month, 6:30–8 p.m. The next meeting is Jan. 12.

01/09/2026

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01/08/2026

From this week's "Feeding the Village" column—

01/08/2026

At the end of 2025, the News asked folks to share their favorite Yellow Springs memories — and we received a flood of responses from villagers near and far. So numerous were the memories, in fact, that we can’t get all of them in one issue — so look for them within the pages of the News for the rest of the month.

Happy New Year to you, our extended community — always part of the village, no matter where you are now — and thank you for writing.

—Lauren “Chuck” Shows, Editor

"At the end of 2025, the News asked folks to share their favorite Yellow Springs memories — and we received a flood of responses from villagers near and far."

01/07/2026

Little Art Theatre has announced a new artist-in-residence initiative, debuting this month with Academy Award–winning documentary filmmaker Steven Bognar and artist-filmmaker Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli.

01/06/2026

For a little village of about 3,700 people, it may seem strange to see two pizza parlors sharing the same downtown — let alone, sitting across the street from one another.

At the corner of Xenia Avenue and Corry Street is Bentino’s Pizza. Directly across the way is Ha Ha Pizza. Both are longtime Yellow Springs staples, and on the right day, with the right breeze, you’ll smell both their ovens hard at work from the bike path.

Ask any townie, and they’ll tell you which they prefer. One sauce is more savory, the other more sweet; one boasts a golden wheat crust, the other, an undercarriage peppered with salt and cornmeal. While Bentino’s is wont to draw its stylings from the Mediterranean, Ha Ha tends to pull from the Big Apple.

Suffice it to say, Bentino’s and Ha Ha serve up considerably different pies, but both share similar trials and triumphs in the small-town pizza-making business.

So, what’s the secret? How do the two joints make it work?

For a little village of about 3,700 people, it may seem strange to see two pizza parlors sharing the same downtown — let alone, sitting across the street from one another.

01/05/2026

Villagers Marna Street and Barbara Leeds will present “In the Bleak Midwinter,” a concert featuring works by Bach, Schubert, Massenet, Bloch and Bartok on violin and piano.

The concert is set for Saturday, Jan. 10, 3 p.m. in Herndon Gallery at Antioch College. Admission is free.

“In the Bleak Midwinter” with Marna Street, violin, and Barbara Leeds, piano, will be performed Saturday, Jan. 10, beginning at 3 p.m., in Herndon Gallery at Antioch College. Admission is free.

01/03/2026

Village Council rounded out 2025 with an ambitious agenda for its final meeting of the year Monday, Dec. 15 — the group covered police cameras, conversion therapy, appropriations, bus lines and more.

01/02/2026

Celebrations, milestones and transitions, health and wellness, elder stories and more — check out the vibrant village life of Yellow Springs in 2025.