Dave Askins

Note: “Square Meals” is an occasional B Square Beacon series documenting visits to Bloomington eateries and drinkeries. First up is Function Brewing. On Tuesday this week, Function Brewing—on 6th Street in downtown Bloomington, a half block east of the square—celebrated its fifth year in business. Owners Steve and

At their first regular meeting of 2019, trustees of the Monroe County Public Library will get updated on renovations at the Ellettsville branch, consider a request to transfer $900,000 to the library’s rainy day fund, and deal with several other operational issues. The session on Wednesday, Jan. 16

On Thursday afternoon, Max E. Smith spread out his tools on top of a nearby trash bin, getting ready to work. He’d come to secure the edges of the “refugees welcome” banner, which gusts of wind had pulled from its frame. The banner, affixed to the building at the

At the Bloomington city council’s first meeting of the year on Wednesday, councilmembers organized themselves for the coming 12 months by electing Dave Rollo as president, Dorothy Granger as vice president and Steve Volan as parliamentarian. The election of a president and vice president of the council is required