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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.

After lead paint fallout, Bloomington fire chief sets policy on controlled burning of a house: “We will not be doing that in the future.”

After lead paint fallout, Bloomington fire chief sets policy on controlled burning of a house: “We will not be doing that in the future.”

Another controlled burning of an “acquired structure” like the house at 1213 High Street on Bloomington’s east side will not take place while Jason Moore is the city’s fire chief. Burning the High Street house to the ground on Friday Nov. 5—after three previous days of live

Bloomington unveils plan to work with international player on high-speed citywide fiber network

Bloomington unveils plan to work with international player on high-speed citywide fiber network

A citywide high-speed fiber-to-the-home network could finally be coming to residents of Bloomington. That includes territories outside the municipal boundaries that are in the process of being annexed by the city. In a news release issued late Tuesday morning, Bloomington announced that the city and Meridiam, an infrastructure development company,

Bloomington OKs a bit more for $4.9M street rebuild at hospital site, as IU Health eyes move

Bloomington OKs a bit more for $4.9M street rebuild at hospital site, as IU Health eyes move

At its Monday meeting, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) approved a relatively small increase of about $8,000 to the $4.9-million budget of a project that will rebuild 1st Street. The street reconstruction is set to start construction sometime in 2023. Even though that’s more than a year

Local committee recommends new, old district boundaries as state balks at a Monroe County precinct change

Local committee recommends new, old district boundaries as state balks at a Monroe County precinct change

Two Monroe County council districts will trade a couple of townships. But county commissioner districts will keep the same boundaries. Those are the unanimous recommendations made on Monday morning by a four-person committee, which was assigned the redistricting task by Monroe County’s board of commissioners. The commissioners are expected

Miller-Showers Park ponds to get mapped as prep for possible dredging

Miller-Showers Park ponds to get mapped as prep for possible dredging

The mallard ducks and great blue heron that sometimes hang out at Miller-Showers Park, on the north side of Bloomington, could see some mechanical company sometime in the next week or so. A company called Heartland Dredging will be pinging the depths of the waters, to chart out an underwater

Photos: Little 500 Fall Series Street Sprints, change of venue from Kirkwood to IU campus

Photos: Little 500 Fall Series Street Sprints, change of venue from Kirkwood to IU campus

The sunny weather, mostly calm winds, and temperatures in the mid-50s meant good weather conditions for last Saturday’s (Nov. 6) Little 500 Street Sprints. This year, the course started in front of the Indiana Memorial Union on 7th Street and headed farther into the university campus, east towards the

Pandemic notebook: Monroe County coronavirus numbers stay stubborn

Pandemic notebook: Monroe County coronavirus numbers stay stubborn

Monroe County positive case numbers for the COVID-19 virus are holding steady or maybe nudging upward over the last couple of weeks. That’s consistent with statewide and nationwide trends. According to CDC numbers, the daily rolling average of cases for the U.S. had decreased to 63,852 on