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Starting next week on Interstate 75

Beginning  Aug. 4, both lanes of I-75 southbound at SR 696, Beaverdam, will be shifted onto new pavement
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 30, 2020 - 5:14pm

The following construction projects anticipated next week by the Ohio Department of Transportation may change driving patterns for Icon viewers

Interstate 75 between Napoleon Road and state Route 235, just south of the village of Beaverdam to three miles north of the village of Bluffton, in Allen and Hancock counties, continues to experience lane restrictions and ramp closures for paving and reconstruction through November 2020.

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MHCO has volunteer opportunity to assist with publishing project

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 30, 2020 - 9:54am

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio has a volunteer opportunity for someone with manuscript publishing skills.

Joanne Niswander, friend and resident of Maple Crest, has completed a historical document including pictures of “How MHCO Came To Be.”

MHCO intends to take this manuscript into an eBook and print format. The manuscript is 120 pages and photos are already in place.

"We are looking for a volunteer with skills to finalize document structure using text-editing skills and online software such as Vellum," said Chris Moser of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio.

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The answer to "So you think you know Bluffton?"

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 29, 2020 - 6:42am

Posted yesterday, this is a view of the First United Methodist Church from the Jackson Street side.

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36 building permits total $1.5 million for first half of 2020

2020 permit totals very similar to 2019
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 28, 2020 - 3:46pm

2020 and 2019 building permits for the first half of each year are posted at the bottom of this story -

Village of Bluffton building permits totaled over $1.5 million in first six months of 2020, according to the village office.

Thirty-six permits were issued totaling $1,520,054 in construction during that period. Residential accounted for $1,499.504 of that total with commercial/industrial coming in at $20,550.

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So, you think you know Bluffton?

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 28, 2020 - 11:39am

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

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Free back-to-school supplies distributed on Aug. 8

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 27, 2020 - 2:57pm

Bluffton Community Assistance Program and the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association are ready to get back to school.

In August the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association and the assistance program will provide free school supplies to students on the free/and or reduced lunch program within the Bluffton school district.

The distribution is from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 8, at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 223 W. College Ave.

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