Pirates walked the streets of Bluffton last night. As did lots of fairy tale characters, zombies, super heros and animals. It was Bluffton's trick-or-treat night. The Icon watched the parade of characters from the Bluffton Public Library. Here are Justin, Sarah, Garrett and Bexley Gossard with June Fields. CLICK HERE FOR THE HALLOWEEEN PHOTO GALLERY.
A book released in time for Christmas by the Bluffton Icon takes you there.
“The Bluffton We Never Knew,” photographs from our first half century, 1861 to 1911, is at the printer now. The book, with 198 pages, includes over 175 black and white photographs of Bluffton.
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The Bluffton eighth grade girls' volleyball team recently took second place in this year's Northwest Conference volleyball action.
Team members from left, Coach Scoles, Ellie Nickles, Cara Young, Skyler Scoles, Avery Zuercher, Sophie Bricker, Haelyn Bischoff, Kylie Monday, Anna Knauss, Kiere Rieman, Lauren Swartzlander, Kylie Stackhouse, Coach Green.
The team finished regular season at 11-5 and 13-6 overall.
The seventh grade team also had a winning record. It's regular season was 8-6 and overall 8-7.
Nora M. (Holmes) Swank (Mericle), 93, died Oct. 26, 2017, at 12:35 a.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Nora was born Oct. 19, 1924, in Bluffton to the late Roscoe I. and Eva (Eckenwiler) Holmes. On Nov. 28, 1944, she married Joseph H. Swank who preceded her in death on March 15, 1997. She then married William P. Mericle on Jan. 27, 2002, and he preceded her in death on March 15, 2005.
David Voth, Elisha Bush, and Ryn Farmer of Bluffton are advocating for Issue 1's passage on the November Ohio ballot. They are also leaders in the local Crime Victim Services agency.
The photo is of Voth speaking at the kick-off of Issue 1 at the Ohio Statehouse along with the founder of MADD Ohio, Andrea Rehkamp, and Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien. Voth and Rehkamp were Co-Chairs of the first Ohio constitutional amendment for victims rights passed by Ohio voters in 1994 by a 78% margin.
Forty-four building permits in Bluffton from Jan. 1, through Oct. 10, show $2,120,428 in construction projects took place or are underway in the village.
Of that figure $1,460,128 was for residential construction and $660,300 was for commercial and industrial construction.
This total does not include the Ohio Department of Transportation's renovation of the Bentley Road overpass.
The largest commercial/industrial project was filed on Aug. 23 by Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., for a new building with a $400,000 cost estimate.
