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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.

Rezone for “truckstop–small” denied by Monroe County, ends 30 years of overnight truck parking

Rezone for “truckstop–small” denied by Monroe County, ends 30 years of overnight truck parking

Off SR-37 south of Bloomington and just south of the spot where I-69 and the state highway merge sits Sunmart, a Shell gas station and convenience store that also allows overnight truck parking. The overnight truck parking now has to end, because a requested rezoning of the nearly 5-acre property

Scooter contract renewal pulled from Bloomington BPW agenda, pending more review

Scooter contract renewal pulled from Bloomington BPW agenda, pending more review

The approval of contract renewal that would allow the Bird scooter company to continue to use the public right of way to do business in Bloomington was pulled from the Tuesday meeting agenda for the board of public works (BPW). The item is also not expected to appear on the

Election notebook: Monroe County early voting picks up pace, still way slower than presidential year

Election notebook: Monroe County early voting picks up pace, still way slower than presidential year

The historical pattern across the county is for midterm elections to generate less voter turnout than elections that are held in presidential years. In Monroe County, Indiana, that’s the pattern for early in-person voting so far, after almost two week’s worth of early voting. In 2020, for most

Column: Bloomington city council quarrel about committees could be helped by a look back to 1954

Column: Bloomington city council quarrel about committees could be helped by a look back to 1954

On Wednesday this week, Bloomington’s city council will convene a stand-alone committee-of-the-whole meeting to discuss one item—an ordinance that would put an all-way stop at the intersection of Maxwell Lane and Sheridan Drive. This week’s committee meeting has been listed on the council’s 2022 annual calendar

Photos | 2022 Little 500 Fall Racing Series: Cyclocross

Photos | 2022 Little 500 Fall Racing Series: Cyclocross

The Little 500 bicycle race takes place in the spring on the track at Bill Armstrong stadium. But on the second-to-last Sunday in October, riders pedaled standard issue Little 5 machines up, down and around a cyclocross course laid out on the tailgate grounds south of the Indiana Memorial football

2022 Little 500 Street Sprints: A perfect fall day in Bloomington

2022 Little 500 Street Sprints: A perfect fall day in Bloomington

On Saturday afternoon for about five hours, small groups bicyclists pedaled like mad for 200 meters from a standing start, in a series of 62 total heats, to determine the champions for this year’s edition of the Little 500 Street Sprints. [More photos and video below] In the women’

Denial of variance for 15 condos could lead to change in ground floor regs for downtown Bloomington

Denial of variance for 15 condos could lead to change in ground floor regs for downtown Bloomington

Just east of the courthouse square on Kirkwood Avenue in downtown Bloomington, the empty parcel next to the CVS looks like it will serve as a paid parking lot at least a little while longer. On Thursday, Bloomington’s board of zoning appeals (BZA) denied a variance requested by owner