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24 youth soccer teams will compete

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This year's Bluffton Soccer Club American Cup tournament is Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20.

The event brings to Bluffton 24 youth teams totally over 250 youths. Teams represented include teams from Black Swamp recreational league and the Northwest Ohio Youth Soccer league.

ODOT plans removal of bridges in 2021

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Ohio Department of Transportation invites Icon viewers to make public comments on the projected removal of the twin overpasses on Interstate 75 near State Route 103.

A public meeting on the topic is at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 12, in the Bluffton town hall.

The meeting’s legal purposed is described this way by ODOT:

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Bluffton police issued the following weather advisory on Tuesday morning, April 3:

Severe weather this afternoon (3 to 10 p.m. greatest risk) as cold front approaches - large hail and damaging wind gust.

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The Icon sees this plate on Main Street, Bluffton. It's on a red GMC Terrain, and we took the photo before the plate expiration date was due, fyi.

Several additional features include weather alerts and community announcements

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Bluffton’s town hall clock could soon have four modern faces in an update as the analog appearance will become digital later this month.

Four digital screens will replace the familiar hands and Roman numerals on the tower. The screens, in full color, offer several additional features:

• The digital time includes seconds, so the numbers showing the time will constantly move.

Many projects on Bluffton tree commission agenda this spring

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Bluffton’s tree commission will be busy this spring as its on-going efforts reap recognition for the village.

Minutes from its March 22 reveal several activities underway in April.

Perhaps the most significant is that Bluffton will celebrate its quarter-century as a Tree City USA in April.

The Tree City presentations are April 18 in Upper Sandusky. The village will receive the Growth Award during the event. Joanne Antibus of the commission will give a presentation during the ceremony on the Bluffton Girl Scout’s tree labeling project in the village arboretum.

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