The council packet for the July 12 meeting included an update from the Streets, Lights, Alleys, and Sidewalks Committee. The committee's report includes a report of discussion surrounding street parking, speed radar signs, crack sealing, and new street name signs.
The proposed new street name sign design is a white sign with black lettering. Additional information can be found in the council packet.
On the administrator's report is a thank-you to SumiRiko volunteers who prepared twenty planting spots for trees along W. Elm Street scheduled for planting this fall.
Chassity L. Gallant, 48, passed away unexpectedly on July 8, 2021 at her residence in Bainbridge, Georgia. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
National Night Out is nearing its final planning stages and is in need of volunteers.
Bluffton's most family-oriented event of the summer returns after a one-year cancellation, according to Matt Oglesbee, Bluffton police department lieutenant, heading up the event.
The evening generally attracts upwards of 2,500 persons.
This is the 7th Bluffton NNO celebration and it takes place Tuesday, August 3, at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool.
A sidewalk has been installed from the railroad tracks extending east to the County Line Road. New sanitary sewer main lines and improved drainage with new storm sewer main lines were also installed along the road.
New York Times Bestselling author and World Fantasy Award winner Tobias Buckell is joining the Bluffton University English department this fall. Buckell will serve as an instructor of English.
A 2000 Bluffton graduate, Buckell's 13 novels and more than 80 stories have been translated into 20 different languages. His work has been nominated for several awards including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy and the Astounding Award for Best New Science Fiction Author.
More than 150 riders toured Bluffton and Ada countryside as part of the seventh annual Ride to Remember. Proceeds from the annual event go toward building additional bike paths in the area.
