Both the bathroom scale and I get nervous any time the word “aweigh” is uttered in my house. But with weekend temperatures forecast to be in the 90s, I may untie from the couch and yell “anchors aweigh” nonetheless. For those of you doing the same and venturing to nearby Perry Lake, know that there is news on the marina front there. A Texas-based company has bought one of the three marinas on Perry ...
A lot of beers, a lot of burgers, a lot of french fries. For one local restaurant owner, that makes a lot of sense for downtown Lawrence. The owner of Mr. Brews Taphouse has signed a deal to open a second Lawrence location to go with its existing restaurant on south Iowa Street. The new spot will be at 811 New Hampshire St., which is the big stone building that used to house Yokohama Sushi (and more recently ...
The phrase “some assembly required” doesn’t strike fear in me. I’m confident I will assemble some of it. But, in the end, it often leaves me bewildered. (Why did they send an extra bag of bolts, and why didn’t they say in the instructions that I was going to need this much duct tape?) But for a group of youth in a local nonprofit, such assembly projects create a sense of empowerment. Soon, more youth ...
There’s a new women’s clothing boutique in downtown Lawrence that aims to create outfits from head to toe — and sometimes that means a cowboy hat for those heads. Season Seven Boutique has opened recently at 714 Massachusetts Street. Co-owner Berkley Sharp said the store wants to meet the everyday clothing needs of customers, but it really has a desire to be the place people go for those special event ...
Replace the salsa with marinara, and get out the time machine. The owners of La Parrilla have closed that downtown Latin American restaurant and will use the space to reopen their once-popular Italian eatery, Genovese, which closed in 2019. Armando Paniagua, an owner of the restaurant company, said he and his fellow owners had come to an unmistakable conclusion that led them to the change. “We found out ...
A fire in the unsanctioned homeless camp behind the East Lawrence Amtrak depot on Monday produced flames tall and wide enough for motorists to see as they drove into downtown from North Lawrence. The flames have long since been extinguished, but questions about the camp continue to smolder at Lawrence City Hall, with perhaps the loudest being: When will the city require the camp on city-owned property to be ...