Better examine that phone book in your mailbox very closely
Bluffton, Ohio, postal patrons learned today that they really live in Bluffton, Indiana.
And, this is no April Fool’s joke.
The Bluffton 2017 Community Directory, published and distributed by The Lima News, a subsidiary of Civitas Media, includes a significant earth-moving event.
The 32-page booklet, designed as a Bluffton, Ohio, landline telephone directory includes no Bluffton, Ohio, residential phone numbers, except for the cover, advertisers, and an index of Allen County, Ohio, phone numbers.
Instead, the booklet contains a 14-page alphabetical listing of telephone numbers with 260 area codes, which is Bluffton, Indiana.
There are no Bluffton, Ohio, 419 phone numbers in the alphabetical listing in the booklet.
The phone listings go from A to Z.
The list starts with:
• A Harvest of Health Nutrition and Wellness Center,
760 N. Main St., Bluffton, 260/824-1600
And ends with:
• SJ Zuercher, 816 S. Johnson St., Bluffton, 260/824-3750
Stories Posted This Week
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Saturday, May 3, 2025
- Pirate baseball win vs. Tigers
- Bluffton softball edged in battle of Pirates
- Committee meetings scheduled for Bluffton Council
- #1 recommended attraction in NW Ohio is in Ada
- Mental Health Awareness event with Seth Gehle
- Ohio highway patrol promoting motorcycle safety
- Recap of Bluffton Board of Education meeting for April 2025
- Weekend Doctor: Antidepressants in the long term
Friday, May 2, 2025
- BHS seniors exhibit art at Gallery 323 through May 7
- What's in your weekend?
- Pirate softball blanked by Lancers
- Pirate baseball blanked by Lincolnview
- Laman Promoted to VP Retail Credit Manager by CNB
- Local land conservancy hires first Executive Director
- Steiner to present Swiss Family Migration program on May 21
- 850 Days of Caring volunteers will pitch in for Hancock County
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Angel M. Langhals owned LFE/API Meters
- Allen Co. task force targets target sex and human traffickers
- Blessing of the Bikes, May 4
- Metzger honored at 2025 Black Swamp Council meeting
- Volunteer invitation for Bluffton Pathway Count in May
- Pirate tennis edges Ottawa-Glandorf
- Bluffton EMS station staffing goes 24/7 on May 1
- You are what you eat: Link to immune system
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Observation deck added to Motter Park cascading pools project
- Bluffton Women in Business meet May 15
- Four sportsmen stock 200 trout at Buckeye Lake
- Pirate girls, boys 2nd at Minster track quad
- Pirate baseball win vs. Riverdale
- Pirate softball loss vs. Riverdale
- Field reports from NW Ohio wildlife officers