City leaders are asking Lawrence residents to weigh in on whether changes should be made to the city’s sidewalk repair program. The program requires certain property owners to pay part of the costs to make repairs, and has been controversial with some residents, who say the city should treat sidewalks like other infrastructure and take full financial responsibility. The format of the current program has so ...
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Downtown Lawrence Inc. is bringing back its annual trick-or-treating event. Downtown trick-or-treating begins at 5 p.m. on Halloween and goes “until the candy runs out.” Past events have gone for a couple of hours and more than 100 downtown businesses typically participate. DLI Executive Director Sally Zogry said there are several other fun downtown ...
After a petition led by downtown business owners called for local governments to work to increase capacity at the local homeless shelter, shelter representatives told city leaders that doing so would take more money and more staffing. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission took several actions related to homelessness: approving the second half of the Lawrence Community Shelter’s yearly ...
Lawrence city leaders have voted to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 and to establish a local tobacco sales license and enforcement process. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 5-0 to adopt two ordinances that raise the age to buy tobacco, establish the local license procedures, and various new provisions regarding tobacco use. The changes would cover ...
City leaders will soon consider raising the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 and establishing a local tobacco sales license and enforcement process. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting two ordinances that would raise the age to buy tobacco, establish the local license procedures, and various new provisions regarding tobacco use. The changes would ...
The Lawrence school board on Wednesday hastily called a special meeting to appoint the superintendent as an appeal hearing officer for a student’s suspension or expulsion appeal. Board President Shannon Kimball said after the meeting that Superintendent Anthony Lewis was appointed to the role. Kimball said she could not share any other information about the appeal, including whether the student was appealing ...