The city is still developing plans for how the duties of outgoing Homeless Programs Coordinator Jenn Wolsey will be handled, but city officials say the campsite in North Lawrence and other efforts to address homelessness would continue to receive city support.
Wolsey announced in a public Facebook post on Tuesday that her last day in her position would be Jan. 13. Her resignation came not long after a ...
Proposed changes that would loosen Lawrence's historic preservation rules are getting a mixed reaction, with some residents and local leaders expressing concern about less-stringent restrictions and others saying the changes wouldn’t go far enough.
The city is in the process of revising Chapter 22 of the city code, which lays out rules related to the conservation of properties on the local historic register. ...
On the heels of a community survey about sidewalk repair, city officials said discussions about whether the city will take on more financial responsibility for repairs would take place as part of the upcoming budget process for 2024.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received the results of a community survey in which the majority of respondents said the city should take full ...
City of Lawrence Homeless Programs Coordinator Jenn Wolsey has announced that she plans to step down from her role with the city.
Amid a controversial administrative decision in mid-December to close the city-run campsite in North Lawrence for people experiencing homelessness, which was reversed a couple of days later, questions arose regarding whether Wolsey planned to continue in her role, as the ...
The rules governing historic preservation in Lawrence are set for some significant changes, and the City of Lawrence wants to know what Lawrence residents think of what’s proposed.
The city is in the process of revising Chapter 22 of the city code, which lays out rules related to the conservation of historic properties. The proposed changes loosen some requirements for the area around historic properties, ...
A former Latin teacher in the Lawrence school district has been nationally recognized for his teaching and mentorship just months after the district eliminated its Latin program as part of budget cuts.
The Society for Classical Studies recently announced former Lawrence school district Latin teacher Zachary Puckett as a recipient of its 2022 Award for Excellence in Teaching of the Classics at the K-12 Level. ...
