After winning the world championship in the pentathlon in 1989, Lori Norwood finally got the dog she had always wanted — and it was way more than she had hoped for. That first dog, Sadie, an Australian shepherd, became “the love of my heart,” she said. “When I retired from sport, I’d saved up some money, and she and I traveled through the Northwest up to Alaska, and we just drove in my truck and ...
When April Dwyer drives down West Sixth Street she’s treated to a towering reminder of her late mother’s grit. The enormous pin oak on the grounds of Pinckney Elementary School, planted by her mother, Carol Francis, nearly a half-century ago is something like her mother’s backbone: It has weathered a lot of storms. Francis died six years ago at age 87, and the tree — which could easily live another 100 ...
Every day is difficult if you’ve lost a loved one to suicide, but the holiday season, with its emphasis on togetherness and communal good cheer, is well known to radically magnify the sense of loss. “Man, those dates are hard when this person was so much a part of them and they’re no longer alive to be there,” said Marcia Epstein, a longtime Lawrence resident and specialist in suicide grief support. ...
A restaurant’s sprawling, colorful garden used to bloom where an apartment complex and parking lot now sit in East Lawrence — a fact that wasn’t lost on developer Tony Krsnich, who has paid tribute to that garden by commissioning a pair of enormous painted flowers to adorn the complex’s brick exterior. Krsnich, who has revitalized the Warehouse Arts District, is putting finishing touches on the $11.8 ...
Hundreds of people rallied Saturday in Lawrence in support of reproductive rights. The event, one of hundreds that took place across the U.S. this weekend, began in Watson Park with a series of speakers, including various legal experts and state politicians, and ended with a march up and down Massachusetts Street, where “My body, my choice!” and other chants reverberated. The event came in the wake of a ...
As the highly anticipated prequel to “The Sopranos” is set to be released on Friday, millions of fans have been reacquainting themselves with the HBO series, which ended its celebrated run 14 years ago. Not Rose Foster. No need. The Lawrence grandma can recap all 86 episodes of her favorite TV show with ease, plus recount various stories about particular scenes and riff on theories about the show’s ...