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 ...
Maybe we all decided to buy our football tailgating supplies at the same time. (Is that why Taco Bell refused to fill my stock tank with nacho cheese sauce?) Or maybe there is some other explanation, but the start of fall ended up being the start of a new spending season in both Lawrence and across the state, according to the latest sales tax report.
Lawrence recently received its November sales tax check from ...
It makes sense that fall is the time homes start feeling a little cramped. The garage is full of Halloween candy and the free-range Thanksgiving turkey is roaming in the living room. (They say they’re healthier for you, but my blood pressure rises every time he messes with the remote.) Maybe that cramped feeling is what led to a surge in Lawrence home sales in October.
Or maybe not. Regardless, homes sales ...
Diane Bui, owner of Lawrence Pawn & Jewelry, actually is an electrical engineer by training. That’s good, because she said she needs some fast-firing circuits to know which deals to make and which deals to reject at the pawn counter.
“I have to be able to quickly assimilate information,” Bui said. “Unlike those TV shows like Pawn Stars, I don’t have experts in the back room.”
But Bui does ...
