Some news and notes from around town: ••• The only thing standing between me and a fresh-baked treat is a city permit. No, both I and a city clerk somewhere are thankful there’s no such thing as a pastry permit. Instead, a new bakery is planned for west Lawrence, but its proposed ...
Turnovers are creating all types of heartburn in Lawrence — some on the basketball court and some in the real estate market. There’s probably no need for a reminder about the problems turnovers caused on the basketball court. (It is unclear whether the T.V. still works at my house, nor ...
A plan has been filed for the southern end of downtown Lawrence to receive a batch of affordable apartments for seniors, but the price of the project might include less public parking for all. An Omaha-based development group has filed a plan to build a four-story apartment building on the ...
Coffee has defeated sleep along a small portion of Lawrence’s south Iowa Street. The Arkansas-based chain 7 Brew Coffee has filed plans to build a new drive-thru coffee location at the site of a now defunct mattress store at 3231 Iowa St., which is next door to McDonalds and in front of ...
There are new signs that a large affordable housing apartment complex will develop in the heart of south Lawrence’s big box retail district. A site plan has been filed for an approximately 500-bedroom apartment complex at the southeast corner of 31st and Michigan streets, which is basically ...
For U.S. research universities, there might be only one ranking these days that matters — the number of good graces you have with the Trump administration. As we have reported, a Trump-directed policy change at the National Institutes of Health — regarding an administrative spending cap ...