MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton Presbyterian Church invites the community to join in a Socktober drive throughout October and provide new socks for individuals and families who need them most. Donations of new socks in any size and style are welcome, from socks for young children to socks for adults.
Socks collected through the drive will be distributed through the Bluffton Community Assistance Program and Family Promise of Northwestern Ohio, which serves families experiencing homelessness in Lima-Allen County and beyond.
The Bluffton Exempted Village School District received an overall rating of 4.5 (out of 5), exceeds state standards in the 2025-2026 Ohio School Report Card recently issued by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.
FROM BLUFFTON PTO__Did you know the PTO collects Community Market receipts? The PTO earns 1% back on eligible community cash purchases.
Simply ask for the receipt and send it in with your student or drop it off in the office. Send them in as you get them or store them up at home until you’ve got a collection.
It always helps to fold them neatly so they are easier to read the bottom section.
MEDIA RELEASE__The Village of Bluffton has partnered with CemSites, an online cemetery record and mapping platform that allows the public to search burial records for Maple Grove Cemetery.
Previously, all our cemetery records, whether for burials or reserved plots, were confirmed and stored on paper in bound volumes. Some of these records even pre-date the incorporation of the village.
The Bluffton Schools cancelled on Tuesday, September 8, due to a biodigester malfunction causing smoke in the Middle School and Elementary School.
On the afternoon of Sept. 8, a commercial cleaning company will clean the air, walls and anything else, as needed.
Superintendent Greg Denecker explains that the biodigester is a kind of food composter that was installed some three years ago with support from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
FROM THE BLUFFTON LIONS__During September the Lions and friends will once again be counting the traffic on the village's 12 pathways so we can keep Lima/ Allen County Regional Planning aware of our progress. (Google map of pathways)
Counters will display a Lions Pathway Count sign on their windshields to identify themselves.
