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.
Tickets are now available for the Bluffton Lions Foundation “Dare to Dream” wine tasting and auction set for Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m. at Sycamore Lake Winery, rural Columbus Grove
The event is a fundraiser supporting the Bluffton Bike pathway project. Tickets are $25 each and are available only in advance from Lion members or by calling 419-788-0729, according to Colleen Lazar, Lions president.
Bluffton spent $371,897 on street maintenance in 2017 and has an administrative estimate of $258,000 proposed for its 2017 street budget. Looking at 2019, so far an estimated $183,000 in projects is on the table.
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The village spent $43,799 from 2015 to 2017 on asphalt sealing projects in town.
This information came from the Sept. 14 streets, lights and alley committee meeting, as presented to council on Sept. 18 by Joe Sehlhorst.
