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Buy 1, get 1 free sale at Stratton Greenhouses

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 9, 2016 - 3:35pm

Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, Bluffton, has a buy one, get one free sale going on, according to Susie Stratton.

• Buy 1, get 1 free sale on 209 wave petunias and full flats of 5" annuals
• 25 percent off containers of flowers
• 50 percent off full 36 count flats of flowers and vegetables
• 50 percent off blueberries and strawberries

Stratton Greenhouses
419-358-6950
www.strattongreenhouses.com

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Nice day for lawn mowing

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 9, 2016 - 3:19pm

It's a nice day to mow a lawn. Of course, when you mow at the village park, a riding mower is a necessity.

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Council awards bids on two major village projects

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 9, 2016 - 3:16pm

On Monday Bluffton council awarded contracts for two major village projects to begin this summer.

West side interceptor sanitary sewer project
Council awarded the project to Beaverdam Contracting, Inc. The firm provided the low bid on the project at $1,444,767.

"We received four bids for the interceptor project, ranging from $1,444,767 to $1,743,672," Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, told council members. 

The project is anticipated to begin near the end of the month.

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Public Meetings
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Jeff Gundy book signing at Book ReViews on June 18

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 9, 2016 - 11:01am

Jeff Gundy of Bluffton will have a book signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 18, at Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, according to Dr. Christina Walton, store manager.

Gundy, professor of English at Bluffton University, has published seven books of poems and four of prose, most recently Abandoned Homeland (Bottom Dog, 2015), Somewhere Near Defiance (Anhinga, 2014), Songs from an Empty Cage: Poetry, Mystery, Anabaptism, and Peace (Cascadia, 2013), and Spoken Among the Trees (Akron, 2008).

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Council sets several committee meetings

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 8, 2016 - 5:02pm

Bluffton council set several committee meetings on Monday. Those meetings follow:

• Thursday, June 9, 5 p.m. - Finance committee, to discuss financing of west side interceptor sewer project
• Thursday, June 9, 6 p.m. - Special council meeting, to vote on second reading of water hike ordinance
• Tuesday, June 14, 6 p.m. - Insurance committee
• Tuesday, June 14, 6:30 p.m. - Street and alley committee, to review sealing of village parking lots
 

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2nd reading of Bluffton water hike ordinance June 9

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 8, 2016 - 4:49pm

Bluffton council will  hold a special meet at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 9, in the town hall.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss utilities and to vote on the second reading of Ordinance 9-16, which increases water rates in the village.

The ordinance's first reading passed on June 6.

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