COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 22 crashes resulting in 23 deaths on Ohio’s roadways during the 2023 Memorial Day weekend according to provisional statistics. This is the highest number of traffic fatalities in Ohio since 2020 when 20 individuals were killed. The four-day reporting period began Friday, May 26 and ran through Monday, May 29.
COLUMBUS--Several members of the Bluffton High School track and field teams competed on the first day of the Div. III state meet Friday at Ohio State University in Columbus.
Bluffton’s strong, experienced middle and long distance boys program from cross country and track represented itself well at the meet.
The Gardeners of the Bluffton Pandora Area will host a presentation at 6:00 p.m.on June 6 at the Bluffton Community Garden, 9900 S. Main St., Bluffton.
Free and open to the public, the program will feature Master Gardener Victoria Goddard and a discussion about why native plants are not only beneficial to pollinator insects and hummingbirds, but how to incorporate them into your existing flower beds, and landscape.
After the talk, guests may stick around and talk to other gardeners, and wander around the Community Garden Plots and Monarch Waystation.
The Bluffton Arts & Crafts Festival is a long standing tradition with a new-ish location. The 50th installment of the show, a program of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, will be set up on June 3 along Riley Creek. Access to the show and parking is located across from Harmon Field on College Ave.
You'll find an updated menu for Lulu's Diner in Bluffton HERE, as well as menus for Icon advertisers The Dough Hook Meat Market, Greenhorn, Kira's Flipside Grill and Twisted Whisk Cafe.