The parade forms at 9:15 a.m at the town hall and starts at 9:30 a.m. Terry L. Marshall, Blufton High School graduate, is the speaker for the Memorial Day ceremony held at the Memorial Circle at Maple Grove Cemetary following the parade.
The Bluffton American Legion Post will hold a chicken barbecue at the Citizens National Bank parking lot from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $8.50 each.
The 48th annual Bluffton Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday, May 11, is a family friendly, activity-packed event with two new features: a music tent and shopping passport.
The festival brings some 60 vendors with non-commercial arts and crafts to Bluffton’s Main Street from Vine to Franklin. This year, the event will also include a music tent on the lawn of Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 S. Main.
A shopping passport will feature 12 businesses that have contributed to a prize of $250 Bluffton Bucks.
There are no races for mayor or council in the November 2019 Bluffton election – unless a write-in candidate files later this summer.
May 6 was the filing deadline for independent candidates for the Bluffton mayor and council races. No independents filed, according to the Allen County Board of Elections.
That means Richard Johnson (mayor) and Joe Sehlhorst and Ben Stahl (council members) will run unopposed. Those three filed to be on the ballot in February.
The following highway construction is scheduled to occur within Allen County the week of May 13, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Work is dependent upon weather conditions, and unless otherwise noted, it will take place during daytime hours.
• Interstate 75 between the villages of Beaverdam and Bluffton will be restricted to one lane in both directions through the work zone for pavement evaluation next week.
Work is being performed by the ODOT District 1 capital programs department.
Interstate 75 will be restricted to one lane in the following locations today, May 8, for guardrail and cable rail barrier repair. Work is being performed by the ODOT District 1 roadway services department.
• Interstate 75 southbound near McClain Road, south of Lima
• Interstate 75 northbound near Bentley Road, Bluffton
