Bluffton is the 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award winner in the Urban Forestry Award category presented by America in Bloom.
Steve and Susie Stratton accepted the award for the village in a symposium held Oct. 7 in Holliston, Massachusetts. This is the first year that the village has entered the national competition.
Bluffton Police Department has received $14,250 to date in pledges towards its goal of $17,000 to add a K-9 unit to the department, according to Tyler Hochstetler, sergeant.
“We are extremely grateful for the overwhelming support the community has had for this project and are continuing to receive pledges on a daily basis,” he told The Icon.
He added that the department continues to seek and accept pledges and is extremely close to its goal after less than two months of the pledge effort.
Open house - open to the community from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Bluffton Family Medicine will host its grand opening on Friday, Oct. 6, from noon to 2 p.m. at 204 N. Main St. Formal remarks and ribbon cutting will take place at noon by invitation only.
The 2017 annual meeting of the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP)is Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Hancock County Agriculture Center on CR 140 in Findlay.
The meeting will start at 7 a.m. with registration and a continental breakfast. The program starts at 7:30 a.m. Updates and review of the work of the BRWP in 2017 will be presented.
