Even if they're not made of lead, your old water lines could be a health hazard, and starting this year, many homeowners in Lawrence will be able to get theirs replaced by the city at no cost.
Earlier this week, the City of Lawrence released a report on what it's doing to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's Lead and Copper Rule. Lead is a neurotoxin, and the EPA's rule is intended to reduce ...
One thing artist Mona Cliff has learned in 16 years as a stay-at-home mom is that parenting, like art, is chaotic – and that’s OK.
“When they were younger, you really think that you would have a plan for the whole day,” said Cliff, whose three kids are all in their teens now. “‘I’m gonna do this, and I’m gonna go do that, and we’re gonna have a plan!’
“And then, you know, one kid throws ...
Mary Roach isn’t just a fan of science – she’s made of science, and you are, too.
“The whole world is science,” said Roach, a New York Times best-selling author who’s written about the science of cadavers, digestion, sex and a host of other topics. “Your body, your computer, your house, it’s all science.”
So she thinks it’s “kind of weird” that much of what she writes about grosses ...
Once a month, the Lawrence City Commission is hoping to put public comments first – literally, as the first thing on its meeting agenda.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the commission asked staff to bring back a new meeting structure that would move the general public comment period, currently at the very end, to a 45-minute block at the very start on the second Tuesday of every month.
It would be a bit of a ...
It's 5:45 a.m. at Lawrence's Solid Waste facility, and the noise would wake anyone up.
“You haven’t seen all the people yet,” says Mike Lawless, deputy director of Lawrence’s Municipal Services and Operations, as dozens and dozens of workers in yellow gear chatter and get ready for their shifts. “Give it another 2 to 3 minutes and another half of them will come in.”
The break room they’re in was ...
Days after a narrow City Commission vote on whether to claw back his affordable housing project's funding, developer Tony Krsnich is asking for an apology and for the chair of the city's Affordable Housing Advisory Board to resign.
That's according to a formal complaint sent by Krsnich's attorneys on Thursday to the city attorney. The complaint, which the Journal-World obtained a copy of, alleges that the AHAB ...
