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WEBAug 15, 2020 · In a news release issued on Wednesday, Oct. 2, Bloomington’s police department announced the arrest of a suspect in a rape that was committed towards the city’s northwest side in the early morning hours of Monday, Sept. 30.. According to the news release, on Tuesday afternoon, Rodrigo Perez Curiel was booked into the Monroe County jail on a charge of rape while armed with a deadly weapon ...
Bloomington plan commission preview: 122 houses on north side, …
WEB22 hours ago · Beacon Builders, LLC is asking for approval to divide about 49 acres on Bloomington’s north side into 122 lots for detached single-family houses. Another request on Monday’s agenda is from Randy Lloyd’s Clearpath Services, for site plan approval of a 5-story building in downtown Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue that will include 14 ...
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WEBSep 28, 2024 · The biggest part of the tax bills for Bloomington property owners could be increasing on average by about 14.5 percent in 2025. That’s because Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson and city councilmembers are considering issuing a general obligation bond that would require an additional $3.743 million in property tax revenue to pay back, beyond the $1.43 million in additional property taxes that ...
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 …
Bloomington council nixes Green Acres conservation district, …
WEB3 days ago · At its Tuesday meeeting, Bloomington’s city council voted unanimously to reject a proposed historic conservation district for Green Acres.. The tally on the vote for approval was 0-8. The total was not 9, because Dave Rollo was absent. That outcome lifted the interim protection order for the structures in about 125 acres which are located in the eastern central part of Bloomington.
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WEBAug 13, 2020 · Leading up to a Sept. 16 public hearing on an increase to the jail LIT (local income tax), ACLU attorney Ken Falk has sent a letter to Monroe County officials telling them that 300 beds for a new jail in Monroe County is “clearly an inadequate number.”. Falk is the same attorney who filed the 2008 lawsuit against Monroe County on behalf of Monroe County jail prisoners, about overcrowded ...
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WEBSep 26, 2024 · Sample Gates, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (Sept. 22, 2024) Just after 11 p.m. at Indiana University’s Sample Gates in Bloomington on Sunday night was the fifth week in a row that a protest was held against IU’s new “expressive activities” policy. It’s the spot where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at the western edge of the Bloomington campus.
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 ...
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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 ...
Annexation update: Bloomington mayor, city council to hold …
WEBAug 10, 2024 · Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson has called a closed-door meeting with the city council for next Wednesday evening (Aug 14), to brief councilmembers on the city’s pending annexation litigation. Under state law, the discussion of pending litigation is one of several reasons why a public agency can hold a meeting that is not open to the…