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PHOTO Paving underway on Bluffton's Main Street, as weather allows

Posted by Paula Scott on October 13, 2023 - 9:47am

Attention drivers: it's a good time to take a detour from Main Street. Businesses are open and easily accessible from cross streets. Thanks to moderating weather conditions, paving has begun and will continue as long as conditions are warm enough and dry enough for the asphalt to cure properly.

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Bluffton council considers accessory dwelling unit legislation

Posted by Paula Scott on October 13, 2023 - 7:06am

By Paula Scott

Is “accessory dwelling unit” (ADU) in your vocabulary? Also known as granny flats, ADUs are stand-alone dwellings located on the same lot as a single family home. The Bluffton council’s Ordinance Committee is drafting a proposed ordinance to make ADUs a recognized type of housing with local oversight.

Housing shortages are creating new interest in ADUs in Ohio and across the country. New ADU legislation has been reported in Cincinnati, considered to be the first Ohio city to legalize granny flats. 

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Public Meetings
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Halloween music included in concert band performance

Posted by Paula Scott on October 13, 2023 - 6:00am

Bluffton University’s fall instrumental concert featuring the Concert Band will be held on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2:30 p.m.

Under the direction of Dr. Roy Couch, associate professor of music, selections will include three dances – “Danza Magicala,” “Lithuanian Dance,” and “Prelude and Polka,” as well as settings of familiar hymn tunes such as “Precious Lord, Take my Hand” and The “Water is Wide.” In anticipation of Halloween, “Ghost Apparatus” will get the audience in the mood. 

This event is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships.

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Bluffton University
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PHOTO Heritage Center from the ground up

Posted by Paula Scott on October 13, 2023 - 6:00am

The Swiss Community Historical Society is repurposing an early Swiss Settlement barn to create an addition to the Schumacher Homestead. The society notes, "JCM Timberworks, from Killbuck, Ohio is expertly using the massive sky crane, wooden mallets, the come-a-long, files and man and woman power" to get the job done.

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Funeral arrangements for Sue Anne Yant

Posted by Staff on October 12, 2023 - 1:31pm

Sue Anne Yant, 72, of Six Mile, South Carolina was born February 01, 1951 in Bluffton, Ohio. She passed away peacefully on September 22, 2023 surrounded by family. Sue was a 1969 graduate of Bluffton High School.  She will be deeply missed by family and all who knew her.

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Obituaries
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Red cross blood drives in November 2023

Posted by Staff on October 12, 2023 - 8:12am

The American Red Cross continues to report a blood supply shortage and encourage donors to make an appointment at upcoming blood drive events.

To make an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org

For information about the donation process, click HERE.

November blood drives in the Icon readership area include:

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Health Services
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