Here's the action taking place at the corner of Garau Street and Harmon Road this week. On July 12 the hospital requested that the village temporarily allow short-term parking on Garau for loading and unloading during the construction project. Soon a temporary side entrance to the Emergency Room, off Harmon Road will be open. The hospital also requested either "short-term parking only" or "loading/unloading only" for the southbound lane of Garau. The main entrance would then be used for deliveries.
The Inn at Ohio Northern University is the perfect setting for your next staycation. Whether your reason for staying closer to home this summer is your schedule, your finances or simply the desire to reconnect with your own corner of the world, The Inn is close enough to home to help you get away from it all but makes you feel like you traveled far.
It doesn't seem that long ago. It was June, 1988. You are looking at the last Greyhound bus to stop in Bluffton. This bus, a Lima-bound Greyhound did not pick up any passengers in Bluffton on that final zip through town.
Friends of the Bluffton Public Library remind persons interested in being on the Friends' garage sale map need to sign-up by Saturday, July 17. Persons interested in details should contact the library.
Operations Specialist Seaman Aaron D. Cox of the U.S. Navy, was appointed Third Class Petty Officer by his commanding officer on board USS Harpers Ferry on June 4.
Cox has served abroad in Japan for over 18 months and has been in the navy for 2 1/2 years. He is a 2004 graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School. His father is Dean Cox of Lima and his mother is Gloria Cox of Pandora.
A bid opening scheduled for July 8 for the proposed water and sewer projects on South Main and North Dixie Highway has been moved to July 22 at 11 a.m.
According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, 11 sets of plans have been requested for the project. He added that the project end date was extended to allow for any possible delay in the project start due to the annexation process.
