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Ticket sales for BHS sports tournament play

Posted by Staff on October 13, 2023 - 11:08am

Bluffton HIgh School Varsity Volleyball, Soccer, and Football teams will be starting their tournaments during the week of October 16. 

Tickets for all tournaments will be available online https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets, with adult price $8 and student price $5. Tickets will also be available at the gate for cash for $10.

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Pirate volleyball sweeps Black Knights 

Posted by Staff on October 13, 2023 - 10:47am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School volleyball team swept host Van Buren in a non-conference match Thursday evening, October 12, to end the regular season.

The Pirates improved to 18-4 overall with the decisive 25-22, 25-18, 25-17 win. 

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Pirate boys soccer wraps regular season, takes loss to Kalida 

Posted by Staff on October 13, 2023 - 10:45am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys soccer team surged late from an early deficit but lost 4-3 to visiting Kalida Thursday night, October 12, at Steinmetz Field in a non-league match to end the regular season.

Bluffton dropped to 5-10-2 overall after the defeat.   

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PHOTO Paving underway on Bluffton's Main Street, as weather allows

Posted by Paula Scott on October 13, 2023 - 9:47am

Attention drivers: it's a good time to take a detour from Main Street. Businesses are open and easily accessible from cross streets. Thanks to moderating weather conditions, paving has begun and will continue as long as conditions are warm enough and dry enough for the asphalt to cure properly.

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Bluffton council considers accessory dwelling unit legislation

Posted by Paula Scott on October 13, 2023 - 7:06am

By Paula Scott

Is “accessory dwelling unit” (ADU) in your vocabulary? Also known as granny flats, ADUs are stand-alone dwellings located on the same lot as a single family home. The Bluffton council’s Ordinance Committee is drafting a proposed ordinance to make ADUs a recognized type of housing with local oversight.

Housing shortages are creating new interest in ADUs in Ohio and across the country. New ADU legislation has been reported in Cincinnati, considered to be the first Ohio city to legalize granny flats. 

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Public Meetings
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PHOTO Heritage Center from the ground up

Posted by Paula Scott on October 13, 2023 - 6:00am

The Swiss Community Historical Society is repurposing an early Swiss Settlement barn to create an addition to the Schumacher Homestead. The society notes, "JCM Timberworks, from Killbuck, Ohio is expertly using the massive sky crane, wooden mallets, the come-a-long, files and man and woman power" to get the job done.

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