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Icon collecting names of businesses and individuals involved in snow removal

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2014 - 9:47am

In cooperation with the Village of Bluffton and the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, Bluffton Icon is collecting names of businesses and individuals involved in snow removal.

With a list available we want individuals in the community to have a resource when the next heavy snowfall hits the community.

The list will assist individual homeowners who need sidewalks, driveways and other areas removed of snow.

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Red Cross Offer Winter Safety Tips

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 9, 2014 - 6:49pm

The American Red Cross is urging area residents to take precautions following the severe winter weather impacting the local area this week. Millions of people from the Midwest to the Northeast are facing extremely cold temperatures, high winds and heavy snow over the next few days. The Red Cross is watching the storm and prepared to respond if necessary.

“People should check in on their neighbors and use caution as record lows hit our area,” said Todd

James, Executive Director of the American Red Cross of Hancock, Seneca and Wyandot Counties.

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Citizens National Bank expanding service area to include Toledo

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 9, 2014 - 5:02pm

Citizens National Bank has announced the opening of a loan production office in Toledo, according to J. Michael Romey, CNB president/CEO.

Located at 3454 Oak Alley Ct, Suite 501, the office is headed by Nelson Shaffer, Senior Vice President/Market President. The office will provide commercial business development services to the area, including real estate loans, commercial lines of credit and access to deposits through the bank’s Online for Business and Merchant Capture services.

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Bluffton chamber asks: "How can we improve Bluffton?" during Jan. 17 breakfast meeting

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 8, 2014 - 5:30pm

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will focus on "How can we improve Bluffton?" during its Friday, Jan. 17, monthly chamber breakfast. The meeting is in the third floor of the town hall.

Richland Manor is the breakfast sponsor and will provide the free breakfast with serving starting at 7 a.m. The breakfast meeting starts at 7:30 a.m.

"Once we get into the program portion of the meeting we will split into smaller groups. Each group will tackle these questions, and will eventually report back to the larger group," said Fred Steiner, chamber director.

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Here are Wednesday cancellations - including trash/recycling pickup info

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 7, 2014 - 5:10pm

The Village of Bluffton’s refuse and recycling contractor, Allied Waste (Republic Services), has informed the Village that they will be unable to pick up residential refuse and recycling Tuesday as previously hoped for.

Given the current weather conditions, they are unable to operate. They had hoped to be able to operate on a one-day-behind schedule.

Residents who are on the Monday pick-up schedule will not have their garbage and recycling picked up until next Monday (Jan. 13).

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Minus 15 on Monday - can you believe that!

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 7, 2014 - 12:08pm

The six-day weather summary speaks for itself. Monday, Jan. 6, low reading, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, was a minus 15.

Open the attachment at the bottom of this story for Verhoff’s complete six day weather summary.

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