Business

First National Bank celebrates July 4th one day early with its annual Firecracker Friday Cookout (on July 3). The cookout includes hot dogs, chips, drinks and more.

Open to the public, the cookout is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the bank parking lot, 112 Cherry St., Bluffton.

 

500 pies a year.

That’s only an estimate of the number of pies Anita Willow, Bluffton Farmers’ Market vendor, bakes in a year. 

This is the 10th season as a Bluffton Farmers’ Market vendor for Willow of Arlington. 

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

What pie flavors might customers find - as these are in season or on a typical Saturday – at the market?

Here’s a sample list:

Stratton's Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, Bluffton, have a "Beat the Heat Sale," underway.

Susie Stratton asks: "Is your garden under water? Freshen things up with these specials."
• 10-inch hanging baskets - $10
• 12-inch hanging baskets - $15
• Burpee vegetables 4-inch and 6-inch pots (buy one, get one free)
• 209 carriers of Wave petunias - $6

Greenhouse hours:
Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
419-358-6950

The Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) and Bluffton University have created the position of assistant director of BCE for a graduate assistant in the university’s Master of Business Administration program.

The person in the half-time position will work with BCE for nine months for each of two academic years while taking evening classes in Bluffton’s MBA program. The graduate assistant will receive full tuition and an annual stipend plus an adjustment for living expenses.

Corl reef cut metal art and new fairly traded handcrafted ocean-inspired design are now featured at Ten Thousand Villages, 115 S. Main St., Bluffton, according to Aphaphanh Nussbaum, manager.

Receive 25 percent off one item when you present the coupon with purchase, which is a printer-friendly printout attachment below this story.

The coupon expires June 30, 2015.

Spectrum Salon, 442 N. Main St., Bluffton, celebrates its first anniversary in business with an open house on Wednesday, June 10, according to Mandy Kinn, owner.

Click here for story announcing the shop's opening in 2014.

"We want to thank all our customers for their suppport in the past year," said Kinn. "The Wednesday open house offers snacks, drawings for prizes and an opportunity for everyone to see what we offer."

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