IM3 COM -The Icon found it in Bluffton on a grey Honda CR-V. Though we aren't certain, it has all the makings of a Justin Byers license plate. Viewers, please correct us if we are in error.
It's a Bluffton garage sale weekend thanks to the SHANNON Service Club and the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. Here's the details:
S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club - at The Centre, 601 N. Main St.
• Friday, Feb. 24 - community craft and garage sale, 4:30 to 8 p.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 25, community craft and garage sale, 9 a.m. to noon
25/75 raffle drawing, 11:30 a.m.
Admission to the sale is $1 with children 12 and under free.
Three former Bluffton council members submitted petitions to seek council seats on the Nov. 7 Bluffton general election.
Filing as Republicans are Jerry Cupples and David Steiner. Filing as a Democrat is Mitchell Kingsley. The filing deadline for persons running under a political party designation was Feb. 1.
Bluffton council candidates choosing to run as independents have until May 1 to file petitions. Four council seats will be on the November ballot.
The Village of Bluffton will participate in the 2017 America in Bloom national awards program.
Bluffton council voted to support the community’s entry by approving the $1,099 entry fee during its Feb. 13 meeting. The request for funding came from the village Tree Commission. The council, at the recommendation of Mayor Judy Augsburger, will use funding from its hotel-motel tax as the entry fee.
During the spring or summer a group of America in Bloom judges visit Bluffton to score the community.
What’s all that digging on the Bluffton University campus? Why is Elm Street closed to traffic?
There’s construction work in progress, but what’s its purpose?
Here's the answer:
The project involves a $1.4 million village-funded project that replaces a major Bluffton sewer line that is out of date and in need of serious repair. The project involves nearly one-third of the village’s sewers.
