News and notes from around town:• The date has been set for the annual Downtown Lawrence Old Fashioned Christmas Parade. Horse-drawn vehicles will parade down Massachusetts Street beginning at 11 a.m. on Dec. 4. Parade organizers confirmed Wells Fargo once again will be a major sponsor of the ...
News and notes from around town:• Another downtown development project that looks to build upward is being proposed at City Hall. Lawrence-based Treanor Architects has filed plans to renovate the former Strong’s Office Supply building, 1040 Vt., to serve as offices for their architecture ...
News and notes from around town:• Longtime downtown restaurant Teller’s, 746 Mass., has adopted a new business strategy as a new general manager and chef have come on board. The restaurant no longer wants to be known simply as an Italian restaurant. About a week ago, the restaurant changed ...
News and notes from around town. • A wrap up of election results shows the Lawrence Public Library bond issue found good support in all areas of town, but opposition was more likely on the west side of the city. A total of 13 of the 49 Lawrence precincts voted against the library proposal, ...
News and notes from around town:• News of a mystery meeting is making its way through several Lawrence neighborhood associations. Lawrence attorney Jim Kaup has asked members of the Barker, Breezedale, Brook Creek, Centennial, East Lawrence and Oread neighborhood associations to attend a ...
News and notes from around town:• New numbers are out showing how Douglas County voters align themselves. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew recently certified the number of voters in each political party. The results: Democrats have 27,830 registered voters in Douglas County; Republicans have ...
News and notes from around town:• Prepare to see a new sight traveling down Massachusetts Street. City commissioners are set to partially lift a ban on a large, 16-person pedal-powered trolley car-like device from traveling on Mass. When commissioners originally approved the large pedicab, ...
News and notes from around town:• Lawrence-Douglas County planners took another step Wednesday to add more industrial property northwest of Lawrence. Planning commissioners, on an 8-0 vote, approved annexation and rezoning of about 51 acres at North 1800 and East 1000 roads. The rezoning is ...
• City leaders have been getting crammed. A new report from City Auditor Michael Eglinski found that the city is paying about $200 a month on its phone bills for services it didn’t sign up for or does not want. The practice is known in the phone industry as “cramming.” The services show ...
• A previously reported plan to create a BMX bicycle track in Lawrence is moving forward again. Members of a new not-for-profit group — LARRI-BMX — have developed a set of plans to build a BMX racing facility on three to five acres of property they hope will be donated either by the city ...
News and notes from around town. • The owner of a local auto repair shop is behind several Vote No on the Library signs that are popping up around the city. Micah Garber, owner of Garber Automotive, confirmed that he had a handful of the signs printed recently. “I’ve seen a lot of the ...
News and notes from around town:• A long-awaited city audit of the Lawrence Police Department has been released. As expected, the audit makes no hard findings against the department, but instead suggests more specific police topics that could be the subject of future audits. The three highest ...
News and notes from around town:• City officials are hoping nice fall weather gets area golfers back into the swing of things. A new city report shows business has been down at the city-owned Eagle Bend Golf Course. Through September, the course has collected about $687,000 in revenue, down ...
News and notes from around town:• The beginning of 2010 wasn’t the beginning of a jobs rebound in Douglas County, new numbers from the federal government show. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the number of jobs located in Douglas County declined by about 700 positions during the ...
News and notes from around town:• There are new signs that Lawrence indeed will have a second Dunkin Donuts store. A nearly $500,000 building permit was issued for a new Dunkin Donuts restaurant at 1400 W. Sixth Street. The J-W reported nearly two years ago that a new Dunkin Donuts was in the ...
News and notes from around town: • A pair of proposals to add more industrial ground northwest of Lawrence soon will have their first public hearings. The [Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission][1] on Oct. 25 will hear a request to rezone 120 acres at East 700 and North 1800 roads ...
Another Lawrence institution is working to make the latest Top 20 poll, and this one doesn’t have anything to do with KU athletics. The Downtown Lawrence Farmers' Market is battling to be named one of the 20 best farmers' markets in the country by the American Farmland Trust. The ...
There soon may be new life for the former Arensberg Shoes building in downtown Lawrence. Lawrence orthodontist Dan Ranjbar has bought the building and filed new plans with the city that he hopes will make the large Art Deco landmark at 825 Mass. more attractive to retailers. “I’m ...
There was a lot of talk about social service funding during last April’s Lawrence City Commission election. In particular, there was a lot of hand-wringing over potential city funding cuts to social service agencies, but several candidates said they would make it a goal to at least hold ...
Today will mark a changing of the guard in one of the major behind-the-scenes departments at Lawrence City Hall. Friday is the last day of service for Frank Reeb, the city’s clerk and director of administrative services. As previously reported, Reeb, who has been with the city for about ...