A Bluffton couple, Bob and Elizabeth Gordon-Hancock, have purchased the Richard Boehr block, which includes apartments, office and business space on the corner of Main and Vine streets. The transaction took place in mid-December.
The building's front address is 125 N. Main St. The building stretches all along the north side of Vine Street and includes the addresses of 105,107 and 111 Vine St.
The building has three residential upstairs apartments, three office units and a front retail space, currently unoccupied, which at one time housed First National Bank of Bluffton.
Earlier this fall, Drive Time Driving Instruction relocated its offices from Diamond Manufacturing to 546 N. Main St. where it will host an open house and ribbon cutting on Thursday, Jan. 16, according to Sara and Doug Kisseberth, owners.
The open house is from 3 to 5 p.m. and the ribbon cutting is at 4 p.m. The new location is in the former Habegger Garage. Most recently it served as a storage location for Tommy’s Tires.
Beth Bish, pediatric nurse practitioner with Bluffton Pediatrics, invited Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members to help celebrate the medical practice's fifth birthday on Friday morning. Bish was the featured speaker at the chamber breakfast and updated chamber members on the growth of the practice.
By Cort Reynolds
PAULDING - Host Paulding outscored Bluffton 41-19 in the second half to rally for a 62-46 Northwest Conference girls basketball victory Thursday night.
Bluffton led 12-9 after one period and extended their edge to 27-21 at halftime as Laykin Garmatter splashed five first-half triples.
But the Lady Pirates scored just five third-period points and got outscored 27-14 in the final stanza to lose by 16.
