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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.

Bloomington bus news: Temporary Route 10 for new hospital; possible pilot could trade Route 8 for Uber/Lyft-type service

Bloomington bus news: Temporary Route 10 for new hospital; possible pilot could trade Route 8 for Uber/Lyft-type service

Starting this fall, people who need to make a trip within a quarter mile of Bloomington Transit’s Route 8 bus line might be able to manage that with an app like Uber or Lyft, but pay only a regular $1 public bus fare. The regular fixed-route service on Route

Bloomington Transit board makes choice on new general manager, will negotiate contract details for vote at August meeting

Bloomington Transit board makes choice on new general manager, will negotiate contract details for vote at August meeting

Bloomington Transit’s five-member board voted unanimously Tuesday night, on its pick for the next general manager of the city’s public bus system: John Connell. He is now operations manager for the public bus system in Lafayette and West Lafayette, another Indiana college town. The bus system there is

Elm Street for El Mercado: Food, crafts, and a movement for immigrant protections

Elm Street for El Mercado: Food, crafts, and a movement for immigrant protections

India Scott held up each kind of her handmade scented candles for aromatic review by the B Square: “This is Black Love…Blackberry Cheesecake…Orange Mint…Lavender and Vanilla.” The last one earned a request for a second whiff. Scott’s Dakota Faith Candles and More was one of about

Possibly closed through mid-2022 or longer: Flood-damaged downtown Bloomington fire station

Possibly closed through mid-2022 or longer: Flood-damaged downtown Bloomington fire station

A temporary location at 4th Street and College Avenue could be serving as Bloomington’s downtown fire station for another year and a half. That’s based on a “right of access” agreement for the property, which was approved by the Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC), at its regular meeting

Bloomington redev commission gives initial OK for $660K to 9 nonprofits in special CDBG funding round

Bloomington redev commission gives initial OK for $660K to 9 nonprofits in special CDBG funding round

At its regular Monday meeting, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission gave its approval of federal Community Development Block Grant awards totaling $660,602 to nine local nonprofits. It was a special funding round to address impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The requirement of a COVID-19 connection led to the recommendation of

American Rescue Plan Act: Bloomington mayor’s initial request to city council: $3.35M for support of housing, the arts, lead pipe removal

American Rescue Plan Act: Bloomington mayor’s initial request to city council: $3.35M for support of housing, the arts, lead pipe removal

When Bloomington mayor John Hamilton announced at a news conference in early June that some of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding would be used for housing supports, no dollar amounts were attached. Now released as a part of the city council’s July 21 meeting information

Gathering at People’s Park for Kirkwood Avenue: All over the road

Gathering at People’s Park for Kirkwood Avenue: All over the road

A little more than a year ago, on Juneteenth of 2020, the mural at People’s Park at the east end of Kirkwood Avenue got a new, unsanctioned overlay of lettering that reads “Black Lives Matter.” That came during a summer of protests, nationwide and locally, prompted by the killing