When you visit the Ream folk art display at Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 N. Main, be on the lookout for cutouts of display creators Harry and Dororthy, which were made by artist Terry Mullenhour.
UPDATE: Santa will be in the alley between Roots and Webb Insurance (111 and 105 S. Main) after riding the in the antique fire truck in the parade.
The 35th annual Bluffton Blaze of Lights will be celebrated on the evening of Saturday, November 27 in downtown Bluffton. The Blaze, as it is known, begins with a festival--including a parade, entertainment, and ceremonies--that attracts some three to four thousand people. A great number have seen the Blaze many times, but let’s describe it for the first-time visitor and those reading from a distance.
Linda Kay McCoy, 71, passed away November 25, 2021 at Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Linda was born February 26, 1950 in Sioux Center, Iowa to the late Gerrit and Kathleen (Van Royan) Rozeboom. On June 19, 1971 she married Richard McCoy.
Communities in Northwest Ohio are receiving more than $41.6 million in low-interest rate and principal forgiveness funding from Ohio EPA to improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure and make other water quality improvements.
Ottawa, which supplies water to Bluffton, is receiving $8.27 million to improve the city’s drinking water treatment plant building’s interior and exterior, including measures to help address the potential impact of harmful algal blooms on the water system. This loan includes $3.78 million in principal forgiveness, which does not have to be repaid.
The Swiss Community Historical Society of Bluffton and Pandora has announced the return of the traditional Christmas Open House at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Road, Bluffton. The event will be extended over two days, from 3-6 p.m. on December 4 and 5, giving visitors the chance to view the farmhouse by daylight and candle light.
Visitors can tour the decorated house, make a dipped candle, shop in the Christmas shop and enjoy refreshments around a fire in the backyard.
