Have trouble keeping up with your to-do list? I sure do. Let's take a moment to consider a done list: below are 23 articles and 5 obituaries from the 166 news items published on BlufftonIcon.com in May 2026.
We have selected articles of lasting interest for this digital list and for in-house reading at the Bluffton Public Library, Musselman Library, Bluffton Senior Center and the Bluffton Family YMCA.
Send free garage sale ads by Wednesday noon for Thursday sales
By Paula Pyzik Scott
Let's talk about free ads on the Bluffton and Ada Icons. Free garage sale ads are among our most popular, along with help wanted, announcements and other free ads.
Except for garage sales, money-making endeavors require paid ads, which are just $10/10 days. This includes sales, services and ticketed events. The Icons offer BOGO real estate ads, which are posted on both Icons.
The Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon will be in holiday mode for the long weekend of May 23-24-25. Except for breaking news, articles will be on pause. Say hello to our photographers and news gatherers at high school graduation and Memorial Day events.
Hello, Blufftonites! Here are BlufftonIcon.com's top stories from the week that was, May 11-17. For a chronological look Icon content, visit blufftonicon.com/archive.
Here's the briefest of editorials. A contributor to the Facebook page "45810 news and info" asked who would be in favor of the Ada hardware adding Sunday hours.
A majority of responders said, no, small business owners need a day off. Agreed! But if you work out of town, you may have only one day, Saturday, to shop local businesses.
Could Ada (and Bluffton) businesses get together and open one night a week until 7:00 p.m. and open later that morning? Send letters on this and other topics to [email protected].
