Dave Askins

Owner Darlene Meyer will be able to subdivide a 5-acre piece of land on the southeastern edge of Bloomington  into lots to create 17 single-family houses and two common areas. That’s because Bloomington’s plan commission has waived the requirement that at least 67 percent of the

Wrapping up its months-long schedule of events on Saturday was Granfalloon: A Kurt Vonnegut Convergence—the annual festival hosted by the Indiana University Arts and Humanities council. The B Square’s regular beat of local government coverage does not include cultural festivals like Granfalloon. I am not exactly a

This past Wednesday, Monroe County commissioners approved a second environmental study for North Park on West Hunter Valley Road, just north of the Bloomington city boundary. North Park is the location that commissioners are currently considering as a possible location for a new jail. The Phase 2 study comes after

On a unanimous vote taken Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council adopted a letter to  the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) about its views on 21 different specific topics related to the renovation and expansion project for the Monroe Convention Center. The topics range from use of on-site

Two weeks from now, it should be clear which candidates will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot for election to the boards of two local school districts—Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation (RBBCSC) and Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC). The deadline for candidates to submit the paperwork is

People who attend Bloomington city council meetings and want to address the local legislature will now have a uniform three minutes at the public mic—instead of a default of five minutes, but sometimes less. That’s the result of a unanimous vote on Wednesday night to enact an ordinance