The sun was still shining at 7 p.m. as Mayor Rich Johnson called to order Council's first meeting of spring, which would touch on many spring-like topics like paving roads, mowing grass and observing rivers. After an embedded public hearing, Bob Fett's Chestnut Lane development was given full Council approval to proceed to the next planning stage.
On a wet, chilly March day, the bike rack at Bluffton High School is doing a brisk business. Superintendent Greg Denecker reported at the March Board of Education meeting that a second rack will be installed.