BFR Sports & Fitness will host a vendor fair as part of the Bluffton Fall Festival on Saturday, September 27 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Home businesses and craft vendors will be included. Since only one consultant from a franchise will be accepted, it is important for vendors to register early. There is no restriction on craft vendors.
Apollo’s Academy of Medical Careers will hold an open house on Monday, July 21 from 2-6 p.m. in its new downtown location. For the next two years, The Enterprise Building at 201 W. Market Street, Lima, will be home to Apollo’s adult medical programs while the school’s main campus is under construction.
The medical community, area businesses, city, county and economic development officials, along with the community, are invited to tour the facility.
Lifeguard Sieara Osborne is part of the busy staff of managers and lifeguards at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool. Stay tuned to the Icon for daily photos of staff members.
Dick Ramseyer, chair of the Bluffton Pathway Board and president of Bluffton Lions Foundation, addresses an audience during the July 14 groundbreaking ceremony for the bike path and walkway from County Line Road to Comfort Inn. The path followes the abandoned Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad right of way.
Once upon a time, a railroad hauled passengers and freight just north of the National Quarry.
The railroad, now abandoned, has a second life – this time as a walking path and bike path.
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Groundbreaking occurred July 14, for the .6-mile, 8-foot wide asphalt pathway along the abandoned Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad, that will link the heart of the village to the high-traffic business district near the I-75 interchange.
