More homes for sale in Lawrence did not lead to more homes actually being bought in the city last month, according to the latest report from the Lawrence Board of Realtors. For years, local real estate agents have said the biggest obstacle to boosting the city’s home sales has been a lack of homes on the market. The Lawrence market in June, however, saw a more than 20% increase in the number of homes for ...
You sure can recycle food, and I’m not just talking about taking a chance on the meatloaf a week after it was served. For a long time, gardeners in the know have been saving their food scraps in buckets or bins to allow those scraps to break down into a nutrient-rich compost to feed their plants. But what if you are not a gardener but like the recycling idea known as “food composting” nonetheless? Soon, ...
There were only a few ticks left on the clock until retirement officially began. Blake Flanders, president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, had agreed to do a 2 p.m. interview with the Journal-World on June 30, the last day of the state’s fiscal year. That also meant it was the last day — the last couple of hours — of his more than 20-year career with the state agency responsible for overseeing ...
News and notes from around town: — It has been my experience that an overly-stuffed closet can create several things: delays in the morning wardrobe selection, grumblings from your housemates, and the occasional avalanche that leaves you temporarily trapped under 1980s memorabilia that almost certainly will fund your retirement (despite what the grumblers say.) If that stuffed closet is in downtown ...
The more than $100 million that Douglas County has kept in reserve accounts and rainy day funds were the subject of a barrage of audience questions directed at Commissioner Patrick Kelly at a Sunday evening candidate forum. Kelly, who is locked in a Democratic primary battle as he seeks a third term on the commission, told the crowd he was “happy” to speak about the dollars, which are called fund balances ...
Multiple candidates for the Douglas County Commission on Sunday expressed concern that the county administrator was overstepping her bounds, with one sitting commissioner going so far as to say the administrator had misdirected her on occasion. The topic of whether county commissioners were independent enough of the county administrator and county staff members ended up being an issue candidates came back to ...