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Tag: Martin Boling
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Tom Miller: Innovation Director
When Tom Miller began his new position as Bloomington’s director of innovation in January, he knew there would be challenges.
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Support Group Hopes to Make Indiana a ‘Lyme Literate State’
Susan Coleman’s mysterious health symptoms—headaches, fatigue, joint pain, fever, stiff neck, insomnia—began more than two decades ago. They would come and go, but she…
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Jason Wilber: A B-town Boy, Now 47, with His 10th Album
When he moved to Bloomington in 1985 at the age of 15, Jason Wilber says he found a vibrant music town. “Bloomington had lots…
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Thank You, Randy White
On a momentous day in 1975, in the pulp-and-paper town of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, a stout 8-year-old boy was taken by his mother’s…
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Three Women Who Played IU Basketball When Female Athletes Got No Respect
Twenty years ago, Indiana University handed out its first varsity “I” letters to female athletes—91 in all—at the June Cream and Crimson Weekend festivities.…
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Ivy Tech Helps Local Workers Achieve Degrees—Debt Free!
When Roy McRoberts, 60, graduated from high school, he went into the military instead of going to college. After serving his country, he was…
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Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping: You’ll Kick, Punch, Squat & Sweat
Pam Green, co-owner of Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping, shouts to be heard over the music blasting in the gym. “Pound that bag. Left jab, right…
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Spencer Reimagined
Once an economically vibrant community, Spencer saw its fortunes decline in the last decades of the 20th century. But now things are changing again,…
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Envisage Technologies: One of the ‘Big’ Small High-Tech Companies in B-town
It’s no Silicon Valley, but Bloomington does have an unusually large number of tech companies for a city of its size. “There are a…