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Photos: Three cheers for the red-tailed hawk, the great white egret and the blue heron

These local Bloomington birds were photographed over the course of the last year.

Fourth of July parade flyover

Three birds
Photographically frozen in flight
One red, one blue, one white
Hawk, heron and great egret
They could not know they made a flag
And if they did, they would not brag
Because the human course of events
Does not hold nature in suspense

Bloomington’s Fourth of July parade starts at 10 a.m. today in downtown. So be there or B Square!

Five years, one final B Square Bulletin: Thank you!

The final news report by The B Square Bulletin has now been published. Regular coverage by the B Square started in July 2019, which makes for a run of about five and a half years. The choice of now as the ending time has no particular symbolic value. I’m

Commissioners OK Monroe County zoning overhaul, 13 possible remaining topics to be tackled in 2025

On Wednesday night, Monroe County commissioners voted 3–0 to adopt the county development ordinance (CDO). The CDO includes all the zoning regulations for the unincorporated part of the county. Two days earlier, on Monday night, the county plan commission had voted 6–1 to forward the most recent draft

Repair not demolish: Bloomington looks to add 1 to affordable housing inventory

The city of Bloomington is now looking to give a house it owns on West 3rd Street a continued life as a house, instead of demolishing it as planned. On Tuesday, the city’s board of public works awarded a $61,561 contract with Rogers Remodeling to do repairs on

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