Bluffton Community Preschool, one of the many important non-profit organizations in Bluffton, will soon have a new home.
The preschool is currently located in First United Methodist Church. Due to the church's need for additional classroom space, this fall the preschool went in search of a new home.
That new home, beginning next school year, is Bluffton Presbyterian Church. Members of the preschool board recently signed a lease with the church.
The Ohio Department of Transportation Distrtict 1 has used 3,552 tons of salt on Allen County roads this winter, according to its initial 2016-17 winter expense report.
In addition, in Allen County, ODOT vehicles have registered 30,531 miles, used 30,735 gallons of deicing liquids, for total labor, equipment and material costs of $459,371.
The chart attached reveals information in each of the counties covered by District 1.
This is the first in a two-part series on a proposed national and statewide bicycle route network that could pass through Bluffton’s Main Street. It needs Bluffton council’s support for it to take place.
If Bluffton council agrees, the village will be on “the map.”
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If you are lucky, he'll fly
over your house in this video -
Not everyone is a fortunate as Bill Suter. He can fly his airplane over Bluffton whenever he wishes.
Late in the fall Suter "flew the Riley" all the way from Anderson Tractor Supply in Orange Township, past Bluffton, to Pandora and back to the Bluffton Airport.
Suter invited the Icon to post the video. We've watched it and we encourage viewers to sit back and enjoy Bluffton from several hundred feet in the air.
Allen-Hardin County Day of Action organization will hold a candlelight vigil in Bluffton on Sunday, Jan. 15, to voice quesitons in the transition period from the Nov. 8 election day to the presidential inauguration on Jan. 21.
Persons interested in participanting will meet at the Bluffton post office, 132 S. Main St. After a brief sharing time, the group will walk to Bluffton’s town hall, 154 N. Main St.
According to event planners, "The purpose of this gathering is to voice questions that have risen in the transition period from election day to the inauguration Jan. 21.
