There are very few concessions to the 20th century, much less the 21st, in the Baldwin City barbershop David Laskowski opened two months ago. “The TV, scissors and clippers are new but everything else is 100 years old,” Laskowski said as he leaned against one of three restored barber chairs that grace his business. “These old chairs are usually found only in someone’s man cave, but I thought I’d put ...
Mason Montee returned Saturday to the auto swap meet at the Douglas County Fairgrounds for the second straight year, but with a different agenda. “I was a seller last year,” said Montee, of Peculiar, Mo., as he looked over parts for sale at the Lawrence Region Antique Automobile Club of America’s 56th annual swap meet. “This year, I’m a buyer. I cleared out the shop last year. Now, I’m going to fill ...
Kindness provided the motivation to pound the nails and write the checks that made possible the milestone Habitat for Humanity home she will soon move into, a single mother said Saturday. In her remarks during the dedication of the house that will be the new home of her and her five children in the 200 block of North Eighth Street, Autumn Hale, an administrative assistant at Sunset Hill Elementary School, ...
The city of Eudora will continue attempts to redevelop a former elementary school property on the community’s Kansas Highway 10 gateway after a second private developer pulled out of the project. Eudora City Manager Barack Matite said the local developer Alcove Development has informed the city that it is no longer attempting to develop the 15-acre Nottingham property. In June 2018, the Eudora City Commission ...
