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Two words to remember this weekend: Shop Local

Bluffton offers lots of reasons why - a $250 prize for example
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 28, 2019 - 5:58pm

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Bluffton resident have several incentives to shop local on “Shop Small Saturday,” according to Paula Scott, CEO of Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.

CLICK HERE for an Explore Bluffton Shopping Passport.  When you spend $10 each at three participating Bluffton merchants you can enter to win $250in Bluffton Bucks.

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Icon invites you to a free movie on Friday

"It's A Wonderful Life" free shows at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 28, 2019 - 5:48pm

If “It’s A Wonderful Life” is one of your all-time favorite Christmas movies, you are in luck.

For the third holiday season, Bluffton Icon will sponsor two free showings of the 1946 classic featuring the all-star cast of James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore on Friday, Nov. 29, at the Shannon Theatre, Bluffton.

The free showings are at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and are kickoffs to this year’s Blaze of Lights event.

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Mention church organists and Scott Edwards' name comes up

After 60 years, our estimate: Scott has played for 2,750 Sundays, over 9,000 preludes, offertories and postludes, and over 14,000 hymns and songs – not including music for weddings, funerals and mid-week Lenten services
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 27, 2019 - 1:59pm

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Two Bluffton churches could not get through their Sunday morning worship services without Scott Edwards.

He has a reserved front row seat at English Lutheran Church and First United Methodist. That’s because he is the organist of both congregations.

On Nov. 24, English Lutheran recognized Edwards for his 60-plus years as organist at 111 Grove Street.

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It's Bluffton's newest retail shop

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 27, 2019 - 1:30pm

Bluffton's newest downtown retail shop, Roots by Strattons, opened this week.  It is located in the former Et Cetera storefront, 111 S. Main St. For additional photos and details of the new business CLICK HERE.

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Introducing Bluffton's newest downtown retail shop

Roots by Strattons opens in former Et Cetera storefront
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 27, 2019 - 1:19pm

Bluffton has a new downtown retail shop, and it opened just in time for the holidays.

Roots by Strattons, a satellite of Stratton Greenhouses, opened this week in the former Et Cetera Shop, 111 S. Main St.

Susie Stratton, says, “It’s a dream come true. For several years we’ve wanted to open a storefront on Main Street.”

Residents with a very long memory can recall Susie’s “Plants and Things,” storefront on Main Street from 1977 to 1979. So, in a way, it’s a return downtown.

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Book ReViews undergoing some changes

...and it will be open for the Blaze of Lights
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 27, 2019 - 1:11pm

Keep your reading glasses focused on Book ReViews, Bluffton’s used book store.

The store at 123 S. Main St., is undergoing some changes, and it will be reopened  for the Saturday Blaze of Lights.

Peggy Brown, manager of Ten Thousand Villages, 115 S. Main St., and Book ReViews said, “We are in the process of reorganizing the shop and creating a new process to rotate the books.”

Here are some sneak peek looks inside the store as it prepares for a reopening. And be certain to check out the "book fireplace wiindow display."

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