Dave Askins

Again this year, a pair of red-tailed hawks appears to be nesting in the big Sycamore next to Bryan Hall on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. The nest from last spring looks like it will be reused. Wednesday morning, Valentine’s Day, The B Square watched the pair making

On Tuesday night, a payment of $11,250 to Griffin Realty was approved by Bloomington’s board of public works. The payment was part of the board’s routine authorization of claims that appear at the end of every board meeting agenda. The payment to Griffin Realty was for work

A rezone request from the Indiana Center for Recovery (ICR) will get a second hearing at the next scheduled meeting of Bloomington’s plan commission, on March 11. But based on Monday night’s deliberations, in March it will be a tough slog for ICR to win a recommendation of

This past week’s big annexation news was the cancellation of Thursday’s hearing on a cross motion for summary judgment in a constitutional challenge that was filed by Bloomington two years ago. But that hearing will be rescheduled. The hearing was canceled, only because the special judge in the

At a Democratic Party caucus held on Saturday in the Nat U. Hill Room of the historic county courthouse, Brianne (Bri) Gregory was selected to serve as Monroe County’s auditor through the end of this year. The selection of Gregory to fill the auditor’s vacancy was not a

Friday at noon was the deadline for declaration of a candidacy for local office in a major party primary this year. When the deadline passed, the filings in Monroe County added up to four contested primary races—three for the Democrats and one for Republicans. The primary election falls on