Griffey Lake Causeway
A flock of Canada geese taxi down a runway blocked with a log full of turtles, but manage to achieve clearance and land safely on the other side of the log.
Dave Askins
Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish
Hawk: Did you ever swim in a Bloomington city councilmember’s stream of consciousness?
What does Fish say in reply?
Kinser Pike & Winding Way
Inflatable dinosaurs (triceratops and tyrannosaurus rex) with lighted jack-o-lanterns on the lawn. If the people who visit this house on Halloween to do not say, “T-Rex or treat!” they are missing a great chance to be hilarious.
$163M budget for 2026 OK’d by Bloomington councilmembers, 2 dissent citing lack of trust
At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved the city’s $163-million budget for 2026 on a 7–2 tally, with councilmembers Matt Flaherty and Kate Rosenbarger casting the dissenting votes. The total includes planned expenditures from the general fund of about $65.1 million.
Longevity pay for 2026 restored by Monroe County council after pushback from employees
At a special meeting held on Wednesday (Oct. 8), the Monroe County council voted 5–2 to reinstate longevity pay for county employees in 2026, reversing a unanimous decision made just one week earlier, which provoked strong objections from several employees of the county government.
Oct. 9, 2025: Murder arrest, affordable housing, College-Walnut study
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Walnut Street & 6th Street
The back-in-parking-only sign has finally succumbed to gravity and is now lying across the sidewalk. It had been leaning for a while, probably struck by a bad parker. The base is still attached, so I could not move it out of the way, but did file a uReport.