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Joe Biden · BloomingtonThe planned expansion by NHanced Semiconductors just west of Bloomington’s city limits, has been discontinued. The expansion could have meant 250 new jobs, many of which would have paid around $100,000 a year. The public announcement from the semiconductor firm came at the Monroe County council’s regular Tuesday meeting, from NHanced president Bob Patti. In December last year, the county council unanimously granted a significant tax abatement fo…See the Story
Discontinued: NHanced Semiconductors planned expansion on Bloomington’s west side
Bloomington, Indiana · BloomingtonA rezone request from The Indiana Center for Recovery, to allow construction of some group homes in central Bloomington, has been withdrawn. At the first hearing of the ICR petition in February, the planning staff recommendation had been to continue it to the required second hearing. But the staff recommendation for Monday night’s second hearing had been to forward the rezone request to the city council with a negative recommendation. Several mi…See the Story
Group home rezone request withdrawn before hearing by Bloomington plan commission
Mother's Day · BloomingtonOn Valentine’s Day this year, The B Square reported the nesting activity of a pair of red-tailed hawks on Indiana University’s campus—in the big Sycamore tree above Bryan Hall. A month later, it looked like the birds had switched things up and were setting up their household on the grounds of Monroe County’s historic courthouse. But by the morning of Mother’s Day this year, it was evident that the hawks had chosen the same spot as last year to r…See the Story
Mother’s Day 2024: Canvassing a hawk’s nest on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus
Bloomington, Indiana · BloomingtonAt its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council created three new positions in the office of the mayor and eliminated three existing jobs. Created through an amendment of this year’s salary ordinance were positions with the following titles: special assistant to the mayor, executive office manager, and legislative coordinator. Eliminated were three existing positions: director of innovation, chief of staff, and administrative coordinator. T…See the Story
New legislative coordinator position in Bloomington mayor’s office among others OK’d by city council
Bloomington, Indiana · BloomingtonThis week, a possible path forward for the Monroe County convention center expansion project in downtown Bloomington got charted out in a bit more detail. At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) got an update on two separate processes. One is to bring on board a construction manager as constructor (CMc) for the convention center project. The other is to strike a deal with a hotelier. The CIB also go…See the Story
Critical decisions soon for Monroe Convention Center expansion: site, budget, uses
Bloomington, Indiana · BloomingtonThe unofficial tallies for Monroe County voting in the Tuesday, May 7 primary elections made for the following outcomes in contested local races for respective party nominations:
Incumbent Democrat Julie Thomas over Peter Iversen for District 2 county commissioner; Democrat Jody Madeira over Steve Volan and incumbent Penny Githens for District 3 county commissioner; Incumbent Democrats Trent Deckard and Cheryl Munson ahead of David Henry and Ma…See the Story
Monroe County 2024 primary winners: Thomas, Madeira, Van Deventer, Munson, Deckard, Henry
Bloomington, Indiana · BloomingtonBy around 7:30 p.m. on Monday night, all but three of the 29 polling locations for Primary Election Day on May 7 had checked in with Monroe County election division staff at Election Central to confirm they were set for the next day’s voting. Election Central is the old Johnson’s Hardware building at 7th and Madison streets. Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. Officially, it was the Monroe County election board that was checking through the…See the Story