Dave Askins

Starting a few minutes after noon on New Year’s Day in Bloomington’s city hall, the mayor, city clerk, city councilmembers, and the Ellettsville clerk treasurer were sworn into office to start four-year terms. The chambers were packed, including the upper level, leaving some to stand in the lobby.

At 10 o’clock sharp, several dozen hearty souls launched themselves from the swimming beach at Lake Monroe Paynetown Recreation Area into the frigid waters of the reservoir. The annual New Year’s Day ritual—when the symbolic grime of the previous 12 months gets washed away by whatever curative

In 2024, the local civic cosmos could see some big changes, in the same year when a rare literal cosmic event will unfold. On April 8, a solar eclipse will briefly cast a shadow directly over the Bloomington area, turning daylight into gloam. (Yes, that is an awfully fancy word

If the 2024 edition of Bloomington’s city council can get through its first two calendar days without violating Indiana’s Open Door Law (ODL), that will be an improvement over the group that was sworn in four years ago. On Jan. 2, 2020, two days after taking office, the

The outgoing edition of the Bloomington city council officially wraps up its service at noon on New Year’s Day. Returning to be sworn in at that same time are just four of the nine: Isabel Piedmont-Smith (District 1), Kate Rosenbarger (District 2), Dave Rollo (District 4) and Matt Flaherty

Three months ago, Bloomington’s board of zoning appeals (BZA) granted a variance  to Academy Sports + Outdoor as part of the Houston-based company’s plan to open a store in the location of the former Marsh Supermarket building on the city’s east side. Under the terms of that variance,