The Bluffton Community Swimming Pool will be open on Sunday and Monday, May 29-30 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Regular operating hours will start on Friday, June 4.
Bluffton police chief Rick Skilliter will be recognized on May 19 in Columbus as the state's EMT-Intermediate of the Year.
The award will be presented during the Ohio EMS Awards ceremony, which is combined with Ohio Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physician's (Ohio ACEP) EMS Star of Life Awards ceremony.
The ceremonies will be held at 9:30 a.m. on May 19, in the ODOT Auditorium at the Ohio Department of Public Safety / Ohio Department of Transportation complex, 1980 W. Broad St., Columbus,
Water and sewer rates for Bluffton residents will increase 5 percent in August. Bluffton council approved the first of three readings of the ordinance increase at the May 10 council meeting. The meter readings taken in July and billed in August will reflect the new rates.
It appears that by November the Spring Street bridge will again be open to vehicular traffic. Council approved a bid from U.S. Bridge to replace the bridge. The new bridge will be a structural steel truss bridge.
By Austin Arnold, BGSU Icon intern
A bikepath and walkway completely encircling Bluffton? Maybe. Eventually. The Bluffton council official launched a Pathway Steering Committee focus on that reality on April 28. The group will begin to meet and discuss the long-term plans and logistics of constructing a bike and pedestrian pathway throughout and around the village of Bluffton.
