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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:32 — 1.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington-based Indiana Limestone Company has filled in Sander’s Quarry. The quarry, made famous by the 1979 Academy-award winning movie Breaking Away, which you just heard a clip from, has been the site of controversy for decades. Indiana Limestone Company has repeatedly moved to fill in and shut …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:03 — 61.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePaper ballots ran out at two precincts in Monroe County. One pollworker said they’ve been continuously printing and delivering ballots to voter precincts since this morning; Races in Indiana are likely to indicate whether or not a so-called ‘blue wave’ is breaking across the country; Yesterday, the Bloomington Redevelopment …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this second episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Tom Schwoegler, a long time coach for a Little 500 team, talks about being behind the scenes in Bloomington and Monroe County during the filming of Breaking Away. The Academy-Award winning film was made 40 years ago. The Bicentennial …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:20 — 28.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indianapolis Star political columnist Mathew Tully has passed away at age 49; The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is extending operating hours next week; The Monroe County Public Library’s adult literacy program has one of the state’s highest awards for library sciences; The final debate between Indiana Democratic Senator …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this two-part episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Tom Schwoegler, long time coach for the Little 500 bicycle race, talks about being behind the scenes in Bloomington and Monroe County during the filming of Breaking Away. The Academy-Award winning film was made 40 years ago. The Bicentennial …