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Sept. 12 Open Doors offers sneak peek at future Bluffton museum space

Events

/ Sep 11, 2026

9:00-11:00 a.m. Open House
Memberships, sponsors, donations needed to create museum

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Bluffton Ohio Historical Society (BOHS) is among 300 entities taking part in Open Doors, a state-wide celebration of Ohio history, heritage and preservation. BOHS will have access to the former Lawson's Dairy building at 314 N. Main St. just in time for the Open Doors event.

The society is purchasing buildings at 302 and 314 N. Main St. owned by Gary Kirtland and most recently occupied by Stratton Auto Group.

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Fall 2026 BHS football seniors celebrated on Harmon Field

People

/ Sep 12, 2026

On Friday, September 4, Bluffton High School football players were honored on Senior Night at Harmon Field. They are pictured here, flanked by their families and are listed in order below. Students performing in band, cheer and flag are pictured in Fall 2026 BHS seniors celebrated on Harmon Field.

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Mennonite Home Communities provide backup phone numbers during outage

Business

/ Sep 11, 2026

9/11/2026 FACEBOOK__Business phone lines remain out of service for all three Mennonite Home Communities locations in Bluffton. This outage remains a widespread issue, affecting thousands of customers. Some customers have had service restored, but MHCO does not have any update regarding the timeframe for service restoration.

The following temporary phone numbers have been set up for each location:

Mennonite Memorial Home is 567-712-0454

Willow Ridge is 567-712-4233

Maple Crest is 419-722-4444