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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.

[Updated: From orange to yellow] Monroe County after-storm notebook: Travel status goes from red down to orange; Bloomington property owners must clear sidewalks

[Updated: From orange to yellow] Monroe County after-storm notebook: Travel status goes from red down to orange; Bloomington property owners must clear sidewalks

The winter storm that closed down Bloomington and Monroe County government offices on Thursday and Friday left around 5 inches of snow on top of a layer of frozen crud that began falling late on Wednesday. The National Weather Service snowfall map put Bloomington in the 4-to-6-inch band of snowfall

Zero conditional use requests for duplexes after 6 months under Bloomington’s new zoning, plan commissioner named

Zero conditional use requests for duplexes after 6 months under Bloomington’s new zoning, plan commissioner named

Since Bloomington’s most recently updated unified development ordinance (UDO) was signed into law by mayor John Hamilton on July 12 last year, no conditional use applications have been filed to build duplexes in older residential neighborhoods. That was the report to the Bloomington city council’s Wednesday meeting by

Photos: Snow plows, buses

Photos: Snow plows, buses

City of Bloomington public works drivers were out plowing streets early Thursday morning. Bus drivers for Bloomington Transit and Indiana University transportation were also plying their routes. BT has cancelled some runs and altered some routes, but drivers are still on the job today. The basic message for the rest

[Updated: MoCo, Bloomington closed Friday] Don’t travel: Monroe County warning in effect as of 4:50 a.m. Feb. 3, 2022

[Updated: MoCo, Bloomington closed Friday] Don’t travel: Monroe County warning in effect as of 4:50 a.m. Feb. 3, 2022

Monroe County is under a travel warning as of 4:50 a.m. Thursday morning. Travel is restricted to emergency management workers. That means you should not be out on the roads unless you are an emergency management worker. If you are in a dire circumstance (but not a 911

Consultant on Bloomington boards, commissions: Uniform process, mergers recommended

Consultant on Bloomington boards, commissions: Uniform process, mergers recommended

On Wednesday, the city of Bloomington released a 38-page report from the Novak Consulting Group with recommendations on revising the structure of the city’s 49 different boards and commissions and improving the way their work is supported. The report was presented on Wednesday night to Bloomington’s city council

Former NAPA building gets Comcast internet connection as in-person early voting looms

Former NAPA building gets Comcast internet connection as in-person early voting looms

Last Thursday (Jan. 27), Monroe County’s election board voted to make the former NAPA building at the corner of 3rd and Walnut streets the location of early in-person voting for 2022 elections. On Wednesday morning, the three-member board of county commissioners voted to approve a contract with Comcast for

Lack of compliance with traffic plan: $25K in fines on student housing developer upheld by Bloomington

Lack of compliance with traffic plan: $25K in fines on student housing developer upheld by Bloomington

At its regular Tuesday meeting, Bloomington’s three-member board of public works upheld about $25,000 in fines on Landmark Properties. The developer is constructing a 1000-bed student-oriented housing development a few blocks south of Indiana University’s football stadium. Landmark had appealed the fines, which were imposed for violations