Each year in Lawrence, alongside the long-running “Santa Rescue” event on the day after Thanksgiving, the city marks the official start to the holidays as the mayor flips a switch to turn on holiday lights winding around the trees of downtown Massachusetts Street. Mark Hecker, an assistant ...
As public feedback continues for the city’s North Lawrence Corridor Study, organizers say the meetings and feedback make sure the community's input are a clear guide for any final recommendations. On Dec. 10, the city hosted the second public engagement meeting in the form of an “open ...
Planning Commissioners on Wednesday night approved one piece of the puzzle for the development of a Costco store in west Lawrence. The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve a final plat for the Mercato 4th Addition — the commercial area south of Rock Chalk ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday pledged additional financial support to assist the development of an affordable housing project in East Lawrence’s Warehouse Arts District with one key contingency. The commissioners voted unanimously to provide $80,000 for a fee waiver for the 9 Del ...
Part of what brought Jan Decker to move to the southwestern edge of Lawrence was the nature preserve just past their backyard, where she and her husband could see deer and the grasses. But this week, seemingly out of nowhere, she was seeing large trucks drive through the Kanza Southwind Nature ...
After a lengthy discussion regarding the start of a membership fee plan for Lawrence’s recreation centers, the City Commission on Tuesday night voted against pausing the fee plan and using other funding options to keep the facilities free for next year. Commissioners voted 3-2 against a ...