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Executive session expected for most of August 7 special council meeting

Posted by Staff on August 7, 2023 - 7:18am

The Village of Bluffton has announced a special council meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, August 7 at Town Hall, 154 N. Main.

It is expected that most of the meeting will occur in executive session to consider the sale/purchase of land.

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Public Meetings
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7 relatives of eye-witnesses to Dillinger robbery to participate Saturday

Posted by Staff on August 7, 2023 - 7:15am

Seven eye-witnesses of the 1933 John Dillinger robbery of Citizens National Bank, Bluffton, will be portrayed by family members during the Saturday, Aug. 12, retelling of the robbery in downtown Bluffton.

The event is part of Bluffton History Day, recalling the 90th anniversary of the Dillinger robbery that took place Aug. 14, 1933, when Dillinger escaped with $2,100.

Family participants are:

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Events
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2023 National Night Out explodes with family fun

Posted by Paula Scott on August 7, 2023 - 6:00am

The August 1 Bluffton-Pandora celebration of National Night Out (NNO) had an excellent turnout for an evening of free summer fun. In and around the Bluffton Community Pool, 205 Snider Rd., the Bluffton and Pandora police departments coordinated a bounty of food, drinks and activities. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce coordinated fireworks and their funding by member donors.

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Events
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July 2023 Bluffton Police Docket

Posted by Paula Scott on August 7, 2023 - 6:00am

The following July 2023 docket was provided by Sergeant Tyler Hochstetler of the Bluffton Police Department.

TOTALS:

Calls for Service– 570

Reportable Offenses – 6

Traffic Crashes – 0

Traffic Citations Issued – 4

Traffic Warnings Issued – 34

JULY 8
Officers responded to the 200 block of West Elm Street for a missing juvenile complaint.

JULY 15
Officers responded to the 300 block of South Main Street for a Domestic Violence complaint.

JULY 19
Officers responded to the 600 block of West Riley Street for a report of a deceased person.

Officers received a theft report from a resident in the 200 block of West Elm Street.

Officers received a complaint of a nuisance animal in the 200 block of Cherry Street.

JULY 22
Officers arrested a Bluffton juvenile on an outstanding warrant issued by the Allen County Juvenile Court.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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Chamber fires up post-NNO display

Posted by Paula Scott on August 6, 2023 - 10:04pm

The sights and sounds of Bluffton's fireworks display following the 2023 Bluffton-Pandora National Night Out are fleeting. Here's a snapshot of some of the special effects that lit the sky over Bluffton on August 1--and the final 5:00 of the spectacle.

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Bluffton radio “Ham” traps voice of Russian Sputnik on tape recorder

Posted by Paula Scott on August 6, 2023 - 8:16am

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Remember Sputnik? Only if you were alive in October 1957.

Three stories in the Bluffton News that year reveal local fascination and questions about this first-ever successful artificial satellite.

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Historical Bluffton
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