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Here's a look at the sidewalk ordinance coming to Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2013 - 2:33pm

Remember the sidewalk repair program of about 10 years ago? It's coming back. Bluffton council anticipates acting on the first of three readings on a new ordinance to address sidewalks not addresses in the first round.

The action is on Monday's council agenda. A complete look at the ordinance is part of an attachment at the bottom of this story.

The new ordinance has three phases:
• Existing sidewalk repair
• Construction and installation of connecting sidewalks
• Construction and installation of new sidewalks

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Public Meetings
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Friday concert

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2013 - 2:04pm

Heather Kroph and Keith Hershberger from Pittsburgh, performed as Too Tall Americanos, during a Friday evening Town Hall Concert series. While singing in the town hall they videoed one of their songs for a website where other musicians recorded themselves playing live on a YouTube channel, Songs for Aidan. Aidan is a child with a rare cancer. (Reema Bazzy photo)

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Matilda McNeil was at Burroughs Corp. for 32 years

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2013 - 1:57pm

Matilda Alma McNeil, 93, of Pandora, Ohio, died at 12:10 a.m. on March 23, 2013, at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora.

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Obituaries
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Bluffton to stage ‘Songs for a New World’

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2013 - 10:25am

Tickets are on sale for Bluffton University’s May Day-weekend production of Jason Robert Brown’s contemporary musical revue, “Songs for a New World.”

Dr. Melissa Friesen, an associate professor and chair of communication and theatre at Bluffton, will direct the show, to be staged May 2-4 in Yoder Recital Hall.

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Bluffton University
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Oscar nominee to screen women’s movement films

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2013 - 10:22am

Independent documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert, a three-time Academy Award nominee, will screen portions of “Films from the early Women’s Liberation Movement” in a Bluffton University Forum on Tuesday, April 2.

Her presentation, marking International Women’s Day, is free and open to the public beginning at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.

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Bluffton University
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May Day box office opening in Sommer Center

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2013 - 10:17am

Tickets for May Day weekend events at Bluffton University may be purchased at a box office opening April 1 in the Sommer Center for Health and Fitness Education.

Open from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. weekdays, the box office in the Sommer Center lobby will accept cash, checks and credit cards.

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Bluffton University
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