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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.

Ribbon cut for Monroe County family planning clinic entrance art

Ribbon cut for Monroe County family planning clinic entrance art

Speaking into a PA microphone Friday afternoon, standing just south of the 7th and College intersection in downtown Bloomington, Penny Caudill said, “We walk into work and we smile!” Caudill, who’s Monroe County’s health administrator, was talking to artist Gypsy Schindler, who just recently completed a mural on

City of Bloomington exceeds allowed E. coli levels four times in 30 days, report to state required

City of Bloomington exceeds allowed E. coli levels four times in 30 days, report to state required

Four times in the last 30 days, the City of Bloomington’s waste water treatment plant on Dillman Road was putting too much E. coli bacteria into Clear Creek. Testing is done daily by water treatment plant staff, and it’s allowed for the E. coli limit to be violated

County election board makes it official: No general elections in Bloomington except for District 2 and District 3

County election board makes it official: No general elections in Bloomington except for District 2 and District 3

After two separate votes on Thursday afternoon, the chair of Monroe County’s election board, Carolyn VandeWiele announced, “You have your ballot, Karen!” The remark was directed to election supervisor Karen Wheeler, who can now continue the process of printing Bloomington’s ballots for the city’s Nov. 5 general

Bloomington city council finally enacts scooter laws (Roll Call Votes: July 31, 2019)

Bloomington city council finally enacts scooter laws (Roll Call Votes: July 31, 2019)

Nearly four months after a package of laws regulating e-scooters first appeared on the Bloomington city council’s agenda, the legislation was approved on a 7–1 vote Wednesday night. In broad strokes the package of laws includes: licensing of companies by the city’s board of public works;

Bloomington farmers market vendors firm up alternate spots after two-week cancellation of Saturday market

Bloomington farmers market vendors firm up alternate spots after two-week cancellation of Saturday market

By Wednesday evening, vendors at the Bloomington farmers market were settling on a few different locations to sell their goods, after Mayor John Hamilton announced on Monday that the market would be closed for the next two Saturdays. As the reason for the temporary closure, Hamilton cited public safety concerns

Bloomington utilities hopes to report on water main breaks by late August

Bloomington utilities hopes to report on water main breaks by late August

On Monday evening, a water main broke at 6th Street and College Avenue, on the northwest side of the courthouse square in downtown Bloomington. For the month of July, that brought the number of breaks citywide to an even dozen, matching the total for June. The City of Bloomington’s

Vendors finding different Saturday locations after Bloomington suspends farmers market for two weeks over public safety concerns

Vendors finding different Saturday locations after Bloomington suspends farmers market for two weeks over public safety concerns

Less than 24-hours after Bloomington’s mayor, John Hamilton, announced the suspension of the city’s downtown farmers market for the next two Saturdays, market vendors have started coming up with a few possible alternate locations. One of them—to the northwest, at Smith Pike off SR-46 in