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How many Blufftonites does it take to screw in 9,999 light bulbs?

Iconoclast View

/ Oct 31, 2026

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Blaze of Lights Festival and Ream Folk Art Display are quintessential Bluffton. They have a storied history--four decades in the making--built on local ingenuity and effort. And every year, we wonder just how will this really big job get done?

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Main St. runway for Trick or Treaters

Living in Bluffton

/ Oct 30, 2026

By Paula Pyzik Scott

On Thursday, October 29, a crowd of Blufftonites, wearing costume of all kinds, celebrated Halloween by making a beeline up and down Main St. in both business and residential neighborhoods. Balmy temperatures meant that no coats, hats or gloves marred costumes.

Weekend Doctor: Early breast cancer detection matters

Blanchard Valley Health System

/ Oct 31, 2026

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By Cara Whiteman, DO
Diagnostic Radiology, Blanchard Valley Hospital

MEDIA RELEASE__Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women, but advancements in screening and treatment have made an important difference in outcomes. I encourage women to understand their breast health and make routine screening part of their overall preventive care.

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Home Schooled Lunch Bunch, November 6

Bluffton Public Library

/ October 31, 2026

FROM BPL NEWSLETTER__Pack a lunch and meet at the Bluffton Public Library with other homeschool families for its Home School Lunch Bunch on November 6.

Be ready for an informal social time and a fun story, activity, game, and/or craft.

October 30 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming

Sports

/ October 30, 2026

Oct. 30 Notification from Bluffton Exempted Village Schools

7 p.m. Varsity Football hosts Norwayne for OHSAA D5 Regional football playoff game

What Kind of Paradise author joins book club by Zoom, Nov. 4

Bluffton Public Library

/ October 30, 2026

FROM BPL NEWSLETTER__Janelle Brown, author of "What Kind of Paradise" will join the November book discussion held at the Bluffton Public Library on November 4 from noon until 2:00 p.m.

Participants will meet at the library while Brown will join via Zoom.

Check out November 2026 events at Bluffton Public Library

Bluffton Public Library

/ October 30, 2026

FROM BPL NEWSLETTER__The following events will be held at the Bluffton Public Library during the months of November and December 2026.

Scarecrow voting ends at midnight, Oct. 31

Business

/ October 30, 2026

FROM SEE MY LEGACY__Last call for downtown Bluffton scarecrow votes. Cast a vote for your favorite of 17 scarecrows by midnight on Saturday, October 31.