Lawrence Planning News Today

LAWRENCE — A tuition-free girls middle school, Esperanza Academy, stepped closer to a major milestone last week with Planning Board approval for its innovative $30 million school at 454 N.

photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World photo Logies on Mass, 728 Massachusetts Street, is looking to tap into both the sports bar and college bar markets in Lawrence. Sports are big business in Lawrence. College partying is even bigger. A new downtown Lawrence bar and restaurant plans to get in on both industries, and soon may have at least three floors of space — including a rooftop seating area — to do it from. Logie’s on Mass has opened at 728 Massachusetts St. in the building that use...