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Dave Askins

Dave Askins

Bloomington, Indiana

Dave Askins is editor and publisher of The B Square Bulletin. A Hoosier native with a background in math and linguistics, he previously co-founded the Ann Arbor Chronicle with his wife, Mary Morgan.

Computer network outage update: Monroe County government definitely to open July 8, cybersecurity experts working to determine scope of issue

Computer network outage update: Monroe County government definitely to open July 8, cybersecurity experts working to determine scope of issue

After being shut down early on Monday, July 1, due to a computer network outage of unknown cause, Monroe County government announced Wednesday that county offices would remain closed until Monday, July 8. Late Friday afternoon, Monroe County’s chief technology officer, Greg Crohn, told The B Square that the

Bloomington OKs $770K contract with Compass for buildout of Trades District parking garage for ESnet

Bloomington OKs $770K contract with Compass for buildout of Trades District parking garage for ESnet

Due to get started in the third week of September is the construction work to build out 4,059 square feet of office space for Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) on the ground floor of the Trades District parking garage. The space fronts on Rogers Street south of 10th Street. Winning

Threat of lightning cancels Bloomington 4th of July parade, but not downtown red-tailed hawk

Threat of lightning cancels Bloomington 4th of July parade, but not downtown red-tailed hawk

Bloomington’s Fourth of July parade has been canceled, due to the threat of lightning. The map from LightningMaps.org at 8:15 a.m. on Thursday morning showed an angry line of red and yellow dots arcing from St. Louis to Louisville, which looked like it would eventually move

Photos: Miller-Showers Park dredging work

Photos: Miller-Showers Park dredging work

In November of 2021, The B Square reported on a bathymetric study of the Miller-Showers detention basins that was supposed to determine if and where the basins in the park need to have excess sediment dredged. The study indicated the detention ponds needed to be dredged . The ponds fill up

Monroe County government computer network down, offices closed until July 8

Monroe County government computer network down, offices closed until July 8

After closing down on Monday and Tuesday due to a computer network server outage, Monroe County government offices look like they could be closed on Wednesday, too. Offices would not be open on Thursday anyway due to the July 4 holiday. [Updated on Tuesday 3:53 p.m. July 2,

Redevelopment of former hospital: New Hopewell neighborhood edges forward with $142K in changes

Redevelopment of former hospital: New Hopewell neighborhood edges forward with $142K in changes

Across the B-Line Trail from the Seminary Square Kroger, construction work on the Phase 1 East portion of the Hopewell neighborhood project has been underway for about a year, after ground was broken in the third week of July 2023. The work by Milestone Contractors involves the installation of utilities,

Planned new jail budget numbers start to come into sharper focus for Monroe County council

Planned new jail budget numbers start to come into sharper focus for Monroe County council

At its Tuesday meeting this past week, Monroe County’s council got a briefing that included some estimated hard construction costs for a new jail with different bed counts—400 compared to 500 beds. The difference in hard construction cost between a 500-bed jail and a 400-bed jail is about