Town Talk with Chad Lawhorn for June 15

Town Talk: [Downtown business steps up to organize new July 4 celebration, with promise of larger fireworks show]( [Spectators line the bank of the Kansas River at Burcham Park to watch the annual fireworks show on Monday, July 4, 2016.]( By: Chad Lawhorn As someone who has thrown a few parties, Mike Logan, owner of The Granada, knows that increasing the fireworks budget is never a bad plan. ... Posted June 13 at 9:06 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Town Talk: [Another specialty retail store set to close in downtown, and another owner laments changes on Mass. Street]( [Deborah Briggs, owner of Extra Virgin at 937 Massachusetts St., is pictured in this file photo from July 2012.]( By: Chad Lawhorn I can attest that making olive oil is perhaps one of the most difficult processes on Earth. Every time I try, it comes out as ... Posted June 12 at 10:42 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Town Talk: [The 'average' Lawrence home is now selling for $35,000 more than it did just a year ago, according to new report]( By: Chad Lawhorn We’ve got our first look at home sales statistics that include Lawrence’s busy spring home-buying season, and they show that home prices are ... Posted June 8 at 12:56 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Town Talk: [Aldi announces date for reopening of south Iowa Street grocery store]( By: Chad Lawhorn The discount grocery store chain Aldi has announced its new Lawrence store will open later this month. Just yesterday I told you that I was ... Posted June 7 at 1:29 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Town Talk: [What's the big project happening along 31st Street? And other questions from readers]( [Excavation work underway along 31st Street on property owned by DCCCA. ]( By: Chad Lawhorn A few news and notes from around town: • There are certainly days I’ve surveyed my lawn and thought a bulldozer would work better than ... Posted June 6 at 12:01 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Town Talk: [Once popular waffle restaurant to reopen in Lawrence]( [This file photo from February 2015 shows an offering from The Waffle Iron at its old location inside Decade coffee shop.]( By: Chad Lawhorn Finding me after a plate of waffles is easy. Follow the sticky trail to the couch and I’ll likely be in nap mode with ... Posted June 5 at 11:55 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044