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The Icon spotted this plate on Main Street, Bluffton. It's a Hancock County plate that you'll find on a dark red Sonata.

Choice One holds second public meeting on State Route 103 corridor study

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Although it sounds like a very long way off, it is possible that in 2022 two separate projects from the current State Route 103 corridor study could get underway.

Choice One Engineering hosted the second public meeting on July 6 of its corridor study. The entire project is still in the early planning stages.

The study was funded by $50,000 from Allen County Regional Planning and $15,420 from the Village of Bluffton.

The study considered points on State Route 103 from the Norfolk Southern Railroad to Pocono Drive on the east side of the interstate.

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The following is work scheduled to occur in the coming week on state highways in the Bluffton area.

Interstate 75 southbound ramps at Bluelick Road will be closed for one day each for sealing of bridge decks. The closures will occur generally from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day according to the following schedule. Work is being performed by the ODOT roadway services department:

Exit ramp from Interstate 75 southbound to Bluelick Road will close July 11.

Entrance ramp from Bluelick Road to Interstate 75 southbound will close July 12 

36,000 people viewed Icon stories in first 6 months of 2017

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The results are in: the Bluffton Icon continues to gain readers at a phenomenal pace.

In the first six months of this year, 36,193 people viewed Bluffton Icon stories, up compared a year ago. Our viewers read 131,000 pages, also an increase from last year.

Fred Steiner, owner of the online newspaper, said, "We strive to serve the Bluffton community, and beyond, with important information whether it be government, sports, campus, school, civic groups, library, churches, even crime."

Chamber seeks sponsors for fireworks

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The biggest event of Bluffton’s summer is Tuesday night Aug. 1. And, as always, it’s all free.

It’s the fourth annual National Night Out celebration held at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool.

The Bluffton Police Department, in conjunction with the Pandora Police Department, sponsor NNO. Bluffton, Beaverdam and Pandora Fire and EMS Departments also participate.

NNO is held from 6-9 p.m. with free pool admission all day (rain date Wednesday, Aug. 2).

Bluffton Airport terminal now officially Dottie Anderson Terminal

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The writing is on the wall.

In 2016 the Bluffton Airport Advisory Commission requested the village to name the Bluffton Airport terminal as the Dottie Anderson Terminal. That request was approved and the sign is now on the terminal.

Anderson, a lifelong pilot at Bluffton Flying Services, died Dec. 8, 2012.

She graduated from Bluffton High School and Bowling Green State University. She began her flying career as a pilot of small aircraft while still in her teens and at one time built her own plane, a Pitts Special.

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