Winter Emergency Shelter to close, then Community Building floors to be refinished
Lawrence’s indoor Winter Emergency Shelter will close after Sunday night, and then the Community Building will be closed for maintenance.
Lawrence’s indoor Winter Emergency Shelter will close after Sunday night, and then the Community Building will be closed for maintenance.
Couples, singles and foodies alike, rejoice: Valentine’s Day is sure to bring fun for all this year. The city is seeking both market vendors and cocoa enthusiasts ready to bring their A-game to the first annual Valentine’s Day Market and Hot Cocoa Contest.
The Lawrence Parks & Recreation Department has decided not to implement admission fees for the city’s recreation centers and Prairie Park Nature Center this year, according to a news release Friday.
Lawrence’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board voted to recommend fee increases for some facilities and programs but opposed new admission fees for rec centers. But staff will likely move forward with all new and increased fees anyway.
Lawrence folks who want to continue using the city’s recreation centers and Prairie Park Nature Center will likely need to budget for a new expense starting next month.
Community members will have the chance to shop from a wide array of vendors this weekend in Lawrence as part of the city’s annual Holiday Extravaganza.
Audrey Taylor has been busy creating new art to sell at the 41st annual Fall Arts and Crafts Festival, which will take place this weekend.
More pollinators and wildlife could soon buzz and burrow within Prairie Park. Coordinators of a grant-funded prairie habitat restoration project have begun the process of restoring a portion of the park, and they need the public’s help.
A Lawrence mother is concerned after learning that a police officer was looking for an allegedly armed suspect in the East Lawrence Rec Center while her two kids and a few dozen others were at a summer camp there last week.
Friends and family of Corey Lawrence, a skateboarder who died after an accident in 2021, hope to pay tribute to his love for the sport by building a new half pipe at Centennial Park.
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