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Wednesday’s competition at the Comedy Attic’s Bloomington Comedy Festival added three candidates to the semi-final field of comedians who’ll compete next Wednesday for a spot in the finals on Aug. 28. The top three vote getters on Wednesday were Abby Troughton, Zach Rody and Shanda Sung.

Bloomington’s city council isn’t scheduled to take a final vote on the adoption of Mayor John Hamilton’s proposed 2020 budget until Oct. 10.  But next Monday, Hamilton will appear at 6 p.m. in front of the council to deliver a speech that presents the $98.6

On College Avenue in downtown Bloomington, Indiana, around 11,000 mechanical beasts drive past the northwest corner of the courthouse square every day. The total for the intersection climbs by a two or three thousand, if the east-west flow on 6th Street is added in. At that location, a

Note: “Hey, Wait a Minute” is an occasional B Square Beacon series that highlights meeting minutes and other documentation of local government meetings in the Bloomington, Indiana area. Bloomington’s city council meetings are now available on YouTube. That’s a good thing. But I want more. I think every

Residents won’t see the changes immediately, but Bloomington’s city council voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve an ordinance revision to allow for more parking on Dunn Street. The ordinance change allows the street to be reduced  to one travel lane. The legislation approved by the council on Wednesday

Vendors who moved to a different location during the recent two-week suspension of Bloomington’s farmers market had to get a $50 temporary permit from the county health department. That was the news from Penny Caudill, the county’s health administrator, as delivered to Monroe County commissioners at their