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On Wednesday, the Bloomington city council’s regular meeting started at 6:30 p.m. as it usually does. Council vice president Sue Sgambelluri, who chaired the proceedings, wrapped up just before adjournment: “OK. Heartfelt thanks, particularly to the public who stayed with us this long.” How long was it?

On Thursday morning, a proposed local law that would have provided certain protections to people experiencing homelessness failed to get the five votes it needed on the nine-member Bloomington city council. The vote was a 4–4 tie. City council president Jim Sims was not able to attend the

In the city of Bloomington, property owners are responsible under local law for clearing the sidewalks next to their land. The fine is graduated: $50 (first offense), $100 (second offense), and $150 (third offense). The city’s housing and neighborhood and development (HAND) department enforces the ordinance. How many tickets

In Seminary Park, on the bench at the corner of 2nd and Walnut Streets in downtown Bloomington, a memorial plaque for James “JT” Vanderburg is now set to be installed. It’s the place where Vanderburg died last year on Christmas Eve, three days after his 51st birthday. At the

A $13-million dollar renovation of a culvert that runs under downtown Bloomington was supposed to start on Feb. 15, but it was delayed by the heavy snowfall. Work began last week and continues this week on the underground culvert that leads the Campus River from Dunn Meadow at Indiana

Miller-Showers Park is wedged between two of Bloomington’s heaviest-travelled roads—Walnut Street on the east and College Avenue on the west. On the south, the park is bounded by 17th Street. A bit to the north is State Road 46. Those roadways combined carry something like 50,