Regional news

Bluffton's annual spring clean up takes place from Saturday, May 21, through Friday, May 30, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.

Dumpsters for village residents will be at the service department garage on North Spring Street.

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) was recently recognized at the Gold Level by The Partnership for Excellence (TPE), Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana’s Performance Excellence Program.

You may find it difficult to find a parking spot in Bluffton this weekend. The arts and crafts show on Saturday downtown draws lots of people.

In addition, the Bluffton Soccer Club two-day tournaments on Bluffton University playing fields will attract a couple thousand people to Bluffton.

According to Jamie Mehaffie of the club, 38 teams are registered. Those teams are made up of U 12 and U 15 boys and girls teams.

Teams competing are from Bluffton, Ada, Van Buren, Findlay, Cory-Rawson, Celina and Liberty Benton. 

The stage is set for Saturday.

Bluffton's 45th annual arts and crafts festival moves into Main Street with countless craft booths, business exhibits and lots more.

Set up starts as early at 6 a.m. The show offically starts at 9 a.m. and continues to 3 p.m. Jerry Burkholder, for the 15th year, is the craft show director.

In between there's an opportunity for the entire family to have a great time in downtown Bluffton. Here's what else is on the schedule:

• Hard Rock Llama Co., will show a variety of young and adult llamas. You'll find them on Vine and Main.

A dormant Bluffton housing development gained new life this week.

Parkview Development is back. Approved by Bluffton council in 2007, it became mothballed by the Great Recession of 2008 when the housing market collapsed nationwide.

Owners Stanley and Joenita Clemens, developers of Riverbend subdivision, developed the Parkview project and own the land. It lies between Riley Creek and the rear of properties on South Main.

The Clemens announced the impending sale of the land to Three S Development Group, LLC. Those owners are Jeff, Derek and Dan Snyder.

As the school year winds down there are still lots of events taking place. Here's an update on the Bluffton Middle School, from the school website:

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