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The Icon saw this plate in an ONU parking lot in Ada on a red Kia.

May 6 filing deadline for mayoral and council independent candidates; Aug. 7 deadline for school board, township trustees candidates

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Filing deadlines in early February reveal the appearance of the May 7, 2019, Ohio primary election. Here’s the ballot for voters in the Bluffton school district.

• Bluffton Exempted Village School District
­­Income Tax renewal 0.5%, Permanent improvements, 3 years

• Bluffton Exempted Village School District
Levy renewal 4.244 Mills, avoiding an operating deficit, 5 years

• Allen County RTA
Sales and Use Tax additional 0.1%, Providing Transportation Service, 10 years

Ramp at SR 103 northbound will close

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Guardrail, bridge work to affect Interstate 75 at Bluffton this week. The ramp at state Route 103 northbound will close for a time during the work.

Interstate 75 and state Route 103, Bluffton, will be affected as follows. Work is being performed by the ODOT roadway services department:

• I-75 southbound at state Route 103 will be restricted to one lane through the work zone during guardrail repair on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

Project planned in several stages

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• FOUR VISUAL ATTACHMENTS AT BOTTOM OF STORY -

• SEVERAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION ON COUNCIL'S TABLE TONIGHT WILL GET THE PROJECT GOING - see council package attached to this story

On Feb. 19 Jefferson Street property owners had a first-hand look at the street improvement project that comes their way this summer.

The project includes a water main replacement scheduled for May 20 to July 1, followed by major street improvements scheduled for July 1 to Oct. 25.

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The recycling totes on the east side of Bluffton were not able to be picked up because of equipment problems from Republic, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.

He said that Republic will return tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 26) to collect these totes. 

 

Portions of Ada without power and late Sunday evening some power lines were down

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FROM THE ADA ICON - Major electrical power outages are causing disruptions in Ada this morning (Monday, Feb. 25).

Portions of the village are without power and late Sunday evening power lines were down on the 500 block of East Lincoln. Those lines have since been secured but power was not able to be restored until the wiinds subsided, according to a Facebook announcement by the Ada police department.

Ada schools are closed due to lack of power. In addition, the following message was released by the village at 8:39 a.m.:

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