I can tell you from personal experience that if you get close enough to a pig, you gain greater appreciation for a bar of soap. So, maybe there is some symbolic synergy with the Bourgeois Pig’s new next-door neighbor in downtown Lawrence — a handmade soap company. Bodytruth Soap Apothecary opened recently at 10 E. Ninth St. in the spot that used to house Z’s Divine Espresso before it moved to its ...
New figures from the federal government show Douglas County has a significantly smaller economy than many other counties that are dominated by major universities. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released new figures Thursday that for the first time show the gross domestic product of every county in America. The numbers showed Douglas County turned in a kind of middle-of-the pack performance in Kansas. ...
Get ready to say goodbye to the Gap location in Lawrence. The apparel store today placed “store closing” signs all over its windows on Massachusetts Street. The closing likely will create a big gap in downtown Lawrence’s streetscape. Gap occupies about 100 feet of street frontage in the 600 block of Massachusetts Street. There has been no word yet of a new tenant to take over the double storefront, which ...
It is the time of year for rankings. (In my ranking of children, my son fell to No. 5 on my list of two kids after I told him he could get me some music CDs for Christmas. He said he’d stop by the CD store next to the Blockbuster.) Lawrence, however, is not suffering such a fate. It has taken a big jump up in a ranking of best college towns. The latest rankings, though, do show Lawrence is still a bit like ...
One of Lawrence’s oldest New York-style pizzerias is moving, but don’t worry, you won’t have to get on a new subway line to find it. Papa Keno’s Pizzeria has reached a deal to leave its longtime home on the southern end of downtown for a new location a few blocks north on Massachusetts Street. David Hawley, who owns the restaurant with his wife, Nora, said the restaurant has finalized a deal to ...
Right out of college, a medical emergency landed Janice Early in Lawrence Memorial Hospital for three weeks, including a stay over Christmas. The experience and care she received stuck with her. Years later, when she was working in Kansas City and saw an advertisement for LMH’s director of community relations, she knew what she needed to do. “I immediately thought, ‘I have to have that job because that ...