The city of Lawrence’s app now allows residents to make 11 new types of service requests, including pothole and pavement repairs and stormwater issues. The city announced the expanded service requests offered by the web app, called SeeClickFix, in a news release Wednesday. The new service categories added are: • Potholes and pavement • Street sweeping • Street debris cleanup • Stormwater ...
The Lawrence City Commission voted Tuesday night to reject a church's nomination for the Lawrence Register of Historic Places, expressing concerns over the size of the parcel of land it would apply to and how other nearby properties could be affected. Commissioners voted unanimously to deny the nomination for First Presbyterian Church at 2415 Clinton Parkway. The church, which was constructed in 1967 and 1968, ...
Over 1,400 people have signed a petition asking the Lawrence City Commission to alter the design it approved for the renovation of the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center and find a way to retain the current space of the pool instead. The design for the renovation, which was approved in August, will add additional features like a lazy river, splash pad and shallow pool, but the total water recreation area area will ...
Pat and Ned Kehde had two decades of stability when it came to figuring out their health care. The two Lawrence residents signed up for a Medicare Advantage plan with the health care giant Aetna after retiring, and continued with that plan year after year. Ned said it was cheaper compared to other options they looked at, and it covered all the doctor’s appointments that he and his wife needed. But that ...
Next week, Lawrence city leaders will again consider whether to add a church that recently sued the city to the Lawrence Register of Historic Places. The commission on Tuesday will hold a public hearing and then vote on whether to put First Presbyterian Church at 2415 Clinton Parkway on the local register. The church, which was constructed in 1967 and 1968, is already listed in the National Register of Historic ...
After starting as a spur-of-the-moment idea from two longtime best friends during the difficult 2020 summer, the Kicks 4 Kids giveaway has become an annual event in Lawrence — and is returning this weekend for its fifth year. Anthony Harvey, one of the two men who run the giveaway, said the idea of gathering shoes for kids and giving them away before the school year came from his best friend, JD Woods. The ...