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1906 - No spitting on the sidewalk

Posted by Staff on September 17, 2023 - 6:00am

2023: Automobiles replace electric railroad

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Some photos are worth one-thousand words. This photo (on top) could rival War and Peace, containing slightly north of one-half million.

We’ll save viewers lots of time by offering highlights.

• Year: 1906

• Event: Bricking Bluffton’s Main Street for the first time

• Location: Looking south on Main

• Specifically: CNB on right side, Edward Jones on left

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Historical Bluffton
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Pirate football hammers Bearcats, stays unbeaten  

Posted by Paula Scott on September 16, 2023 - 8:18am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School football team lambasted Spencerville 56-0 in a Northwest Conference road contest Friday night, September 15, to stay undefeated.

The Pirates raced to a 35-0 halftime lead and cruised to victory. 

Landen Worcester rushed for three touchdowns and 171 yards to pace the potent Pirate ground game, which compiled 414 yards.

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Sports
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Fog conceals, fog reveals

Posted by Paula Scott on September 16, 2023 - 7:50am

On on foggy weekday, some folks check for a school delay and snuggle under the covers. Bluffton photographer Jamie Nygaard straps on her camera and goes in search of scenes such as this Motter Park spider web.

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LCC to join NWC, Fort Laramie football decision pending

Posted by Staff on September 16, 2023 - 7:39am

The Northwest Conference and its member schools have announced that Lima Central Catholic High School has accepted an invitation to become a member of the conference in all sports beginning with the 2024-25 school year. Member schools met Wednesday and voted unanimously to extend an invitation to Lima Central Catholic.

This will give the conference 8 full-time members with the pending departures of Ada and Leipsic in 2024-25.

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Sports
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Rockets football strong-arms McComb, 42-14

Posted by Staff on September 16, 2023 - 7:25am

By Matt M. Stutz

The Pandora-Gilboa High School football team sent shock waves throughout the Blanchard Valley Conference on Friday, September 16, when they traveled to Doc Miller Field in McComb and beat the #4 state ranked and previously undefeated Panthers. The surprise wasn’t that they won, but how they won; overwhelming McComb (4-1) by a final of 42-14.

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Sports
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One fatal traffic crash on Allen County roadways over Summer 2023

Posted by Staff on September 16, 2023 - 6:36am

The Lima/Allen County Safe Community Coalition reports there was one fatal traffic crash on Allen County roadways during June, July, and August 2023, a period of
time often referred to as the” 100 Deadlliest Days of Summer.”

Thus far, there have been a total of 7 fatalities on Allen County roadways due to traffic crashes in 2023. In comparison, during 2022 there were 6 fatal crash through August 2022.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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