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Here's Bluffton council's meeting schedules next week:

All meetings will be held using Zoom video conferencing. Those interested in attending should contact Jesse Blackburn at [email protected] to request an invitation. 

• Utilities – Friday, 5/22 at 10:30 a.m.
• Council meeting – Tuesday, 5/26 at 7 p.m.

NOTE: Due to the Memorial Day holiday, council meeting has been moved to Tuesday, May 26.

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Bluffton's annual clean-up week ends at 4 p.m. today, Thursday, May 21.Dumpsters are in place at the Bluffton recycle center on Spring Street.

The following items are not accepted:
• Hazardous material (motor oil, paint, etc.)
• vehicle batteries
• Tires
• Appliances that use Freon (refrigerators, unless these are certified that Freon is legally removed and disposed of properly)

The dumpsters are for residents of the village only. Persons dumping items may be randomly asked to verify that they are residents.

Cooperative effort of the Icon and Bluffton chamber; provides all local business details

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If you want to know what businesses in Bluffton are open, the Bluffton Icon and Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce can help you.

The cooperative effort of chamber and Icon provides a business status update, and it offers lots of new information as Ohio starts to reopen.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE BUSINESS STATUS REPORT

The report is divided into the following groups for easy access:
• Food
• Leisure
• Retail
• Services
• Worship

With floods in our memories, what should we call yesterday's Riley Creek conditions?

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Bluffton’s flood experiences require news outlines like the Icon to select with care words fitting the weather conditions of the day.

To call Tuesday’s waterflow a flood might be overkill. To call it a deluge, well, that too, is in question. Same with torrent, saturation of water, flash flood and even high waters.

To view the bank of the Riley overflowing into the Buckeye once upon a time was a rare and frightful experience. Not so in 2020. Tuesday’s rain blocked roadways, but hardly touched East College Avenue at Harmon Field. Same to Vance Street and Cherry.

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Bluffton American Legion Post 382, has canceled all its public Memorial Day events, according to Dennis Morrison of the Legion.

This year's event canceled are the traditional Memorial Day parade, ceremony at Maple Grove Cemetery and the chicken barbecue.

 

Dumpsters at Spring Street until Thursday

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Bluffton's annual clean-up week began today and runs through Thursday, May 21. Dumpsters are in place at the Bluffton recycle center on Spring Street.

Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, cautioned that the following items are not accepted:
• Hazardous material (motor oil, paint, etc.)
• vehicle batteries
• Tires
• Appliances that use Freon (refrigerators, unless these are certified that Freon is legally removed and disposed of properly)

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