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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.

Parking notebook: 4th Street parking garage has unused capacity, based on data halfway into 2022

Parking notebook: 4th Street parking garage has unused capacity, based on data halfway into 2022

The new public parking garage at 4th and Walnut streets, which opened in late August of 2021, has a lot of unused capacity. That’s based on entry/exit and occupancy data for the first half of 2022, which was provided to The B Square by the city of Bloomington

Peoples State Bank headquarters on north side of Bloomington gets OK from plan commission

Peoples State Bank headquarters on north side of Bloomington gets OK from plan commission

The great blue herons that take wing out of Miller-Showers Park after an afternoon of fishing, and then head to other hunting grounds, swooping out over the intersection of 17th Street and College Avenue, will soon have a literal bird’s eye view of the new corporate headquarters for

Bloomington police seek leads in early morning central Bloomington shooting

Bloomington police seek leads in early morning central Bloomington shooting

A 42-year-old man was shot in the chest a little after midnight in central Bloomington, on Monday, July 11, according to a police news release issued just after noon on Tuesday. Police are asking anyone with information about the 1 a.m. shooting on the 400 block of

Village Deli gets OK from Bloomington: 4-stack residential, pancakes still on ground floor

Village Deli gets OK from Bloomington: 4-stack residential, pancakes still on ground floor

“Where am I supposed to get pancakes in the meantime?” That was Bloomington plan commission president Brad Wisler’s lighthearted question to Village Deli owner Bob Costello, at the commission’s regular meeting on Monday. Wisler’s “meantime” is the period between the upcoming demolition of the one-story Village

4 new contested races on township level after Dems, GOP fill ballot vacancies for Monroe County

4 new contested races on township level after Dems, GOP fill ballot vacancies for Monroe County

The final lineup of local candidates is still not set for the Nov. 8 general election. But after some ballot vacancies got filled over last weekend, Monroe County now has four more contested races. The four newly contested races are all for positions on the township level of government—either

Historic smokestack owner gets $20K from Bloomington enterprise group, none yet from HPC

Historic smokestack owner gets $20K from Bloomington enterprise group, none yet from HPC

Bloomington’s urban enterprise association (BUEA) voted unanimously on Wednesday to award Peerless Development a $20,000 grant. The grant was awarded in connection with demolition of the Johnson’s Creamery historic smokestack from 140 feet to 60 feet. The real estate developer has been ordered by the city of

Pandemic notebook: Hospital numbers push Monroe County community spread level to “medium”

Pandemic notebook: Hospital numbers push Monroe County community spread level to “medium”

Monroe County’s community spread level for the COVID-19 virus has increased from “low” to “medium” as defined by the Centers for Disease Control. The number of cases per week per 100,000 residents is still below 200, which would put the county in the “low” category. But the