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The following births were reported by Bluffton Hospital.

Bluffton welcomes Icon viewers to a weekend Bluffton Downtown Christmas Open Houses. Nearly a dozen Main Street businesses offer special holiday sales. An attachment to this story provides more details and offers coupons.

The open houses vary from Thursday through Saturday. Each business has special hours listed below

There will be no community meal on Thursday, Nov. 6, because of scheduling difficulties. The next community meal at Bluffton Senior Center is Thursday, Nov. 20, at 6 p.m.

Ohio voters go to the polls on Tuesday. Locally, the polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

One local issue face Bluffton voters. Voters in Precinct B will decided whether the Bluffton Marathon Station on Main Street will be permitted to have Sunday sales (11 a.m. to midnight) of beer, wine and mixed beverages.

One countywide issue is Allen County Children Services tax levy. It is a five-year renewal of 0.75 mills to support children’s services and the care and placement of children.

Et Cetera Shop, 111 S. Main Street will hold a winter coat and accessory sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8.

All winter coats will be $5 each and winter accessories will be available for buy one, get one free.

Area farmers were happy for great harvesting weather over the past week. With no precipitation and temperatures in the 60s and 70s, it doesn’t feel like October.

Here’s the daily October weather summaries from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Open the attachment for the summaries.

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