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A look inside The Village, new cookie shop and more... Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( These articles are free to read for recipients of this email newsletter Please consider signing up for a subscription to support local journalism. Special offer for newsletter recipients $89 per month [Subscribe Now]( [photo]( [A look inside The Village, Lawrence’s community of 64-square-foot cabins for people experiencing homelessness]( It’s still an open question when exactly Lawrence’s village of 64-square-foot Pallet cabins will be ready to start accepting residents, but the pieces are mostly in place to make it happen. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Image]( [Town Talk | New west Lawrence cookie shop says the best surprises are found inside its treats]( Cookies with unique fillings are what Dirty Dough is all about. [Read More]( [photo]( [Town Talk | Property tax relief, Medicaid expansion among the big topics on local legislators’ minds as session nears]( Yes, this year is not just an election year, but rather the deluxe model of election years. In addition to the presidential election, it also is an election year for both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate. [Read More]( [photo]( [New Lawrence Virtual School principal has high hopes for program as education enters ‘new frontier’]( Fostering student morale and boosting enrollment numbers are the top priorities of Lawrence Virtual School Principal Zach Harwood, who was recently named to the permanent position after having held the interim role since July. [Read More]( [photo]( [Attracting new affordable housing developers will be key to hitting the goal of adding 1,700 new units throughout Douglas County in the next 5 years]( Gerry Coffman knew the barn on her rural Douglas County property was historic — it was built in the late 19th century, after all, and there are initials carved in the barn’s wood paneling, likely by her grandfather Homer Crawford, that date back to 1902. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( This message was sent by the Lawrence Journal-World. You are receiving this because at some point in the past you shared your email address with LJWorld.com To opt-out of emails like this, click the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World PO Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044