At a brief Lawrence City Commission meeting on Tuesday, commissioners approved a slate of budget adjustments and procedural items — and heard from several public commenters who disagreed about whether one item was really procedural. The comments, around half a dozen of them, were about a ...
The City of Lawrence won't partner with churches and other community sites for walk-in winter shelter this year, but it expects that newly added capacity at the Lawrence Community Shelter will be enough to handle demand. On Tuesday, the city released more details about its winter emergency ...
A board governing Lawrence Transit voted to approve adding a fare to a previously free on-demand bus ride program starting next year as a way to keep the program going as federal grants run out. Lawrence’s Connected City Advisory Board voted unanimously Monday night to implement a $3 fare ...
A grocery store, more bridges across the Kansas River and safety improvements for pedestrians: These were among the things that nearly 160 residents came up with at a public meeting on Monday when asked to “dream big” about the future of North Lawrence. Monday evening's meeting at the ...
“One property at a time” is how East Lawrence was built, Barry Shalinsky says on a walk through the neighborhood Friday morning, and its patchwork of sidewalks reflects that. “If you walk down these brick sidewalks, you see there’s like 20 different kinds of bricks and 20 different ...
Lawrence city staff now says it would take about $18,000 a year to keep the Community Building open for youth free play after school, and the City Commission will accept a report on those findings at its meeting next week. The report is attached to the commission's meeting agenda for Tuesday. ...