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Riley Creek Arbor program extended through April

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Riley Creek Arbor extends its toy and book drive to assist Bluffton Community Preschool to April 30, according to Gary Reese, of Faith Investment Services, Bluffton.

The drive benefits the Bluffton Community Preschool. Here’s how Icon viewers may participate:

Visit Faith Investment Services, 122 N. Main St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays, and select any item from the window to purchase.

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The Village of Bluffton’s Tree Commission will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 4, in the town hall, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer. 

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 A second-straight near-record construction season is underway across Ohio. This year, the Ohio Department of Transportation will invest $2.3 billion into the state’s roads and bridges, just shy of the record-$2.4 billion investments made in 2014 and 2015.

This construction season will include 1,098 projects, 26 valued at more than $10 million. Workers will pave 6,945 miles of roadway – enough for a two-lane road from Seattle to Key West, and repair or replace 1,281 bridges.

What appears to be Bluffton, Ohio, is actually Bluffton, Indiana

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Bluffton, Ohio, postal patrons learned today that they really live in Bluffton, Indiana.

And, this is no April Fool’s joke.

The Bluffton 2017 Community Directory, published and distributed by The Lima News, a subsidiary of Civitas Media, includes a significant earth-moving event.

The 32-page booklet, designed as a Bluffton, Ohio, landline telephone directory includes no Bluffton, Ohio, residential phone numbers, except for the cover, advertisers, and an index of Allen County, Ohio, phone numbers.

Bluffton school menu now on the Icon

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What's for lunch in the Bluffton school cafeterias in April?

CLICK HERE for a printer-friendly monthly menu.

High school gym bleacher project at mid-stage

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It's standing-room only in the Bluffton High School gym. But that won't last long.

This winter, the Bluffton school board voted to replace the original bleachers in the high school gymnasium.

The board accepted a contract totaling $199,500 for materials and installation of the bleachers. The contract is with Hussey Seating Co., and Farnham Equipment Co.

The bleachers removed earlier this month were nearly 30 years old and in need of repair.

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