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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.

Photos: Heron flouts no-fishing rule at Bloomington park, red-winged blackbird is a jerk

Photos: Heron flouts no-fishing rule at Bloomington park, red-winged blackbird is a jerk

Over the last week, Miller-Showers Park on the north side of town, wedged between Walnut Street and College Avenue, has continued to see lots of bird activity. On Sunday, in the skies above the park, a red-winged blackbird was preemptively harassing a red-tailed hawk, to keep the

Monthly Vendorfest launches: “We need not worry, if we know our stuff is going to People’s Market!”

Monthly Vendorfest launches: “We need not worry, if we know our stuff is going to People’s Market!”

On Saturday, People’s Market launched its summer Vendorfest series in the southwest parking lot of Rev. Ernest D. Butler Park. About an hour after Saturday’s 10 a.m. opening, the overcast skies were spitting rain. But the first edition of the third-Saturday-of-the-month event was

Initial report from Bloomington’s future-of-policing task force leads to mobile roll calls in neighborhoods

Initial report from Bloomington’s future-of-policing task force leads to mobile roll calls in neighborhoods

A news release from Bloomington’s police department (BPD) on Friday announced that mobile roll calls will be conducted in neighborhoods, as a way to try to increase routine social and personal interactions between residents and police officers. When shifts start at 5:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.

Bloomington alters zoning to reduce monoliths, spur affordability; city council could push more tweaks

Bloomington alters zoning to reduce monoliths, spur affordability; city council could push more tweaks

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved a raft of changes to the city’s unified development ordinance (UDO) that were in many cases purely technical in nature. But some of the changes were meant to support specific policy goals— like preventing massive buildings that have been called

Court of appeals: Bloomington mayor’s pick for plan commission valid, not GOP county chair’s

Court of appeals: Bloomington mayor’s pick for plan commission valid, not GOP county chair’s

In a ruling issued Friday morning, Indiana’s court of appeals reversed the decision of a lower court that found Andrew Guenther had been rightfully appointed to Bloomington’s plan commission seat in spring 2020 by then-chair of the Monroe County GOP William Ellis. The court of appeals found

Police contract with 13% initial raise OK’d by Bloomington city council

Police contract with 13% initial raise OK’d by Bloomington city council

On a unanimous vote, Bloomington’s city council has approved a new labor agreement with its police union, which has been unsigned since it was ratified in early March by a vote of the FOP Lodge 88. The council’s action came at its regular meeting on Wednesday. The highlight

BT Roundup: mid-June for Uber/Lyft night runs, new bus routes in August, strategic plan contract OK’d, 8 new electric buses requested, still 14 drivers short

BT Roundup: mid-June for Uber/Lyft night runs, new bus routes in August, strategic plan contract OK’d, 8 new electric buses requested, still 14 drivers short

Bloomington Transit (BT) is confronting several short-term challenges even as it looks ahead to a future flush with new revenue. The new revenue will come from the city of Bloomington’s planned allocation to BT using some of extra money from the local income tax increase that was enacted