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WEBAug 15, 2020 · Cheryl Munson (Sept. 23, 2024) For about 90 minutes on Monday night, four candidates for three at-large county council seats fielded questions during a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County. Vying for one of the three seats that are up for election on Nov. 5 are incumbent Democrats Trent Deckard and …
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WEBSep 20, 2024 · Petitioner Caylan Evans (Sept 19, 2024) On Thursday, Bloomington’s board of zoning appeals (BZA) voted 3–1 to approve the conditional use application for a duplex on an empty lot northwest of Bryan Park in a central Bloomington neighborhood. Dissenting was Barre Klapper. Voting for the duplex were: Tim Ballard, Flavia Burrell, and Jo ...
Nov. 5 choice: 3 Dems, 1 write-in hopeful for Monroe County …
WEB4 days ago · For about 90 minutes on Monday night, four candidates for three at-large county council seats fielded questions during a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County.. Vying for one of the three seats that are up for election on Nov. 5 are incumbent Democrats Trent Deckard and Cheryl Munson. Hoping for their first turn of service on the seven-member county council ...
Late-breaking sewer news means postponement of land purchase …
WEB3 days ago · At their regular Wednesday morning meeting, the three Monroe County commissioners put off until an undetermined date any decision on an $11.375-million purchase agreement for some land where a new jail could be built. The property on Wednesday’s agenda amounts to about 52 acres in North Park, off SR46, south of Hunter Valley Road, which…
The B Square Beacon: Local news experiment goes month-to …
WEBDec 2, 2020 · The monthly goal of $3,333 in total revenue is based on income of $35,000 with $5,000 more to cover expenses. Expenses include website hosting, broadband connection, data plan for cell phone, laptop computer, cell phone, camera, ball point pens, note pads, etc. The monthly pledges of around $1,950 a …
Unchanged 2024 budget OK’d by Bloomington council after …
WEBOct 12, 2023 · On Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council gave final approval to the six ordinances that make up the 2024 city budget.. The council’s votes on the six pieces of legislation were nearly unanimous except for the sole dissent of Steve Volan on a …
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WEBSep 6, 2024 · On Wednesday, two weeks after Bloomington officials cleared a homeless encampment south of town, some of the residents who lived there addressed a meeting of the city council, which was also attended by the mayor.. At least a dozen people, who either lived in a displaced encampment, or were there to advocate on behalf of the residents, sat in council chambers through the first part of the ...
Next week: Bloomington to send invites to nonprofits to apply for …
WEBFeb 29, 2024 · Next Monday (March 4), the initial invitation from Bloomington’s city council to apply for this year’s round of Jack Hopkins social services funding will be emailed to around 350 nonprofits. That’s according to Bloomington city council staff attorney Stephen Lucas, after a Thursday afternoon meeting of the council’s Jack Hopkins committee.
5–4 Bloomington council vote: 3 more stops, not just Dunn, OK’d …
WEBOct 6, 2023 · “Wow. Just wow.” That was how Bloomington city council president Sue Sgambelluri summarized the contentious debate that had just concluded on the question of reinstalling stop signs at three intersections, along the …
A look ahead to 2022: Bloomington area local government stories
WEBJan 1, 2022 · North Walnut Street Lamp on Christmas Eve. Last year’s lead art for The B Square’s look ahead to 2021 featured this caption: “These numerals began life as a photograph of the sidewalk around the courthouse square in downtown Bloomington, where the crows like to crap. It was that kind of year.” Arguably a worse year was 2021. So this year’s art includes an actual crow and a built-in ...