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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.

Tickets for failure to clear snow from Bloomington’s sidewalks so far this year: 24 minus 1

Tickets for failure to clear snow from Bloomington’s sidewalks so far this year: 24 minus 1

In the city of Bloomington, property owners are responsible under local law for clearing the sidewalks next to their land. The fine is graduated: $50 (first offense), $100 (second offense), and $150 (third offense). The city’s housing and neighborhood and development (HAND) department enforces the ordinance. How many tickets

Bloomington police respond to records request, release footage of Seminary Park welfare check on man found dead hours later on Christmas Eve

Bloomington police respond to records request, release footage of Seminary Park welfare check on man found dead hours later on Christmas Eve

In Seminary Park, on the bench at the corner of 2nd and Walnut Streets in downtown Bloomington, a memorial plaque for James “JT” Vanderburg is now set to be installed. It’s the place where Vanderburg died last year on Christmas Eve, three days after his 51st birthday. At the

Bloomington’s $13M Hidden River Project delayed a week by snow, but now underway

Bloomington’s $13M Hidden River Project delayed a week by snow, but now underway

A $13-million dollar renovation of a culvert that runs under downtown Bloomington was supposed to start on Feb. 15, but it was delayed by the heavy snowfall. Work began last week and continues this week on the underground culvert that leads the Campus River from Dunn Meadow at Indiana

Column: Behold the Redhead ducks at Bloomington’s Miller-Showers Park!

Column: Behold the Redhead ducks at Bloomington’s Miller-Showers Park!

Miller-Showers Park is wedged between two of Bloomington’s heaviest-travelled roads—Walnut Street on the east and College Avenue on the west. On the south, the park is bounded by 17th Street. A bit to the north is State Road 46. Those roadways combined carry something like 50,

Allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to IU Health bumped by nearly 30 percent

Allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to IU Health bumped by nearly 30 percent

The local and regional pace of COVID-19 vaccination should be increasing, based on the additional 1,170 doses of Pfizer vaccine that Indiana’s department of health will be adding to the weekly shipment of 4,000 doses. That was a highlight from remarks by Brian Shockney, president of

Bloomington’s dozen water main breaks in a week make for record-setting start to 2021

Bloomington’s dozen water main breaks in a week make for record-setting start to 2021

A press release from city of Bloomington utilities (CBU) on Thursday reported four water main breaks that day, with various boil water notices. The news release also noted that Thursday’s breaks brought the total since last Saturday to 12 breaks. On Saturday afternoon (Feb. 20), a break at the

Proposed law on protections for Bloomington’s houseless population prompts question: What are a city’s core services?

Proposed law on protections for Bloomington’s houseless population prompts question: What are a city’s core services?

For about five hours on Wednesday, Bloomington’s city council considered a proposed law that would prevent the displacement of houseless people from their encampments in city parks, unless certain conditions are met. One of the alternatives provided in the proposed law is for the city to designate locations on