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Proposed Village Income Tax increase would raise about $31M over 20 years; June 10 and June 18 public meetings scheduled By Paula Pyzik Scott On Tuesday, May 28, the Village of Bluffton Council took the first steps required to ask Bluffton voters for new funding for Village EMS, Fire and Police departments. Beginning with a separate committee of the whole meeting, councilors

A fire at 143 Sunset Drive in Bluffton was discovered at about 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15. The Bluffton Fire Department reports that the fire was caused by an electrical problem in the basement. Smoke and heat damage are the primary results of the fire. One occupant was in the home and was able to exit without injuries. He smelled smoke and called 911. Smoke detectors were

PHOTOS clockwise) Ross Zimmerman sworn in as Bluffton Police Officer; Teri Steinmetz accepts BPD Citizen of the year honors shared with Ryan Demarco and Makayla White; members of Bluffton Boy Scouts Troop 256. By Paula Pyzik Scott The 28-page meeting packet is HERE. The March 25 regular meeting of the Bluffton Council presented a gallery full of people including Boy Scouts

The Village cemetery board meets at 2:00 p.m. on January 3 at Bluffton Town Hall. By Andy Chappell-Dick Maple Grove Cemetery may be the quietest place in Blufton, but it's also pretty crowded. Only about 65 plots remain. How is the Village planning for its future? Awash in a sea of year-end financial legislation, Village Council took a few minutes at Monday's meeting to also

By Paula Scott The December 8 Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce member breakfast meeting was an opportunity to hear regional plans and expectations for the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse that will likely double the number of people in the region. Bluffton is within a “path of totality” across the country where the eclipse is best seen. The meeting was hosted by chamber

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, December 8. The meeting will be held on the third floor of the Town Hall with breakast served at 7:00 a.m.; the program begins at 7:30 a.m. Roots By Strattons is the breakfast sponsor. Kira's Flipside Grill will be providing the breakfast with coffee from the Twisted Whisk Cafe.

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, November 10. The meeting will be held on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main St. Diamond Manufacturing is the meeting sponsor and Twisted Whisk Cafe will be providing the breakfast, which is served at 7:00 a.m. The program on Bluffton Safety Services begins at 7:30 a.m. Jan

View a video of the visit HERE. By Paula Scott Do you remember where you were on September 11, 2001, when terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania shook the nation? Do you remember where you were on September 11, 2023? Fourth grade students from Bluffton Elementary school visited the village fire station to mark the day with service. They were

By Andy Chappell-Dick Could that upstart ChatGPT use artificial intelligence to write this column? I signed up online and asked. Here's its answer: "I'm sorry, but I do not have access to real-time or current events.... To obtain a summary of the September 11 Bluffton Council meeting, I recommend checking the official website of the Bluffton Council or local news sources. They

The 47-page Council packet is attached HERE By Andy Chappell-Dick The meeting started at 7:00 p.m. sharp with the customary invocations. Minutes were approved and bills were paid. Then Mayor Johnson looked at his watch, and explained that a Public Meeting had been embedded in this Council Meeting, officially set and advertised for 7:05. It was 7:01. After some murmuring, it