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Icon movie review: Palm Springs enters like a breath of fresh air

Clocking at 90 minutes, it is a fun romp that might make you think a little. If nothing else, it’s possibly the best direct-to-video movie we could have hoped for in quarantine
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 29, 2020 - 12:54pm

Around the world, people have been practicing varying levels of social distancing since March. Movie theaters closed in mid-March and in some cases have reopened slowly, but with a dearth of new films to offer customers. Major studio releases, particularly TENET, have been pushed back, or in limited cases movies like TROLLS: WORLD TOUR were released directly to Video-on-Demand (VOD).

The summer movie season has seen a drought of good new movies.

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Columnists
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Huge response to Dunkin' Donuts announcement

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 29, 2020 - 10:14am

Yesterday's announcement of Dunkin' Donuts moving into the former Burger King property at 499 State Route 103, Bluffton, received a tremendous response from Icon viewers.

After only 19 hours on Facebook, the story reached 35,190 people, had 280 likes, was shared 301 times and had comments from 108 viewers.

And, the numbers on this story continue to climb. It's the largest single story response in 2020 on the Bluffton Icon.

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Business
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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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Regional news
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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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Regional news
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Amanda E. Crates appointed to embalmers, funeral directors board

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 28, 2020 - 3:26pm

Amanda E. Crates of Dunkirk has been appointed to the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors for a term beginning July 27, 2020, and ending June 30, 2023. The appointment was announced this week by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.

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People
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Dunkin' Donuts coming to Bluffton

And, village planning commission discusses two possible projects
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 28, 2020 - 3:13pm

One for certain and two development discussions.

Jesse Blackburn, village administrator reported plans for a Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant to go into the former Burger King restaurant at 499 State Route 103.

The announcement was part of the administrator’s report during the July 27 Bluffton council meeting. The new owners plan to raze the Burger King building beginning Aug. 3 and replace it with a new structure by mid-November. Watch the Icon developments on this project.

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Public Meetings
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