The Baldwin City Council authorized Monday moving forward with a grant application to make improvements at the city’s historic Santa Fe Railroad depot. … The grant would provide 80 percent of the money needed for about $298,000 in proposed upgrades at the city-owned depot. Local entities would be responsible for the remaining 20 percent and …
Douglas County commissioners are scheduled to take final action Wednesday on new zoning regulations aimed at promoting agritourism businesses and special events in unincorporated areas of the county. Those regulations have been the subject of intense debate for months. But in December, commissioners finally reached an agreement on details over thresholds that would trigger the …
Baldwin City retailers depend not only on residents of the community, but on the service of students, faculty and staff of the Baker University community as well. Many of Baldwin’s business owners said as much as 25 percent or more of their business is Baker-related. The Kwik Shop serves as the only 24-hour business in …
Monday morning in a rock quarry north of Ottawa, a crane operator gently picked a 75-foot red dining car from the back of a semitrailer to place on two sets of wheel assemblies already on railroad tracks. The car was pulled later in the day to Midland Railway’s Baldwin City yard, where it will be …
After the Baldwin City Council approved Monday a 40-year extension of the city’s contract to purchase water from Lawrence at a much lower price, one councilman said he wanted to pass the savings on to customers. The contract, which the Lawrence City Commission already approved, immediately reduces Baldwin City’s wholesale water rate to $2.91 per …
Stan Vickers remembers 20 years ago when friends in his hometown of Williamsburg tried to get him to join them for a trip to the Maple Leaf Festival. He was then a farmer and too busy during fall harvest to go, Vickers said. He is still busy during Maple Leaf weekend. But as owner of …
The Baldwin City Council put in place Monday the last piece needed to bring a dinner train to Midland Railway. In August, the council authorized City Administrator Chris Lowe to negotiate an agreement with the owners of the Fremont Dinner Train, which has operated for 24 years in Fremont, Neb. That agreement was presented Monday …
A visioning study released last week foresees Baldwin City becoming by 2020 a destination for new residents, visitors and jobs and the city enjoying a quality municipal workforce and improved infrastructure. City Administrator Chris Lowe’s summary of the Baldwin City Council’s summer-long 2020 visioning exercise was presented at the Sept. 17 Baldwin City Council meeting. …
Baldwin City government is making weather-alert radios available to Baldwin City residents. …The radios were obtained for distribution to those residents living in multi-family housing or single-family homes without storm shelters or basements. Baldwin City Administrator Chris Lowe said they will now be available to all city residents wanting them. (Read more at BaldwinCity.com)
Steam engine star of Midland Railway’s Labor Day Weekend Railfest…. A ride in a steamer was a special treat for rail lovers at this year’s Labor Day Railfest, put on by Midland Railways. That’s because the last time a steam train came through Baldwin City was in 1952, said Ernie Griffin, a driver and special …
Five-city partnership also helps city manage energy cost… When the five cities (Baldwin City, Gardner, Garnett, Osawatomie and Ottawa) formed Energy Management Group No. 1 in 2005, it was the first of its kind. Since then, others were created in Kansas as cities realized they had to change to survive the power game. … (Read …
Midland Railway is inviting passengers to take a ride back in time on Kansas’ oldest railroad south of the Kansas River as the railway celebrates Railfest 2012 during Labor Day weekend at the Sante Fe Depot, 1515 High St., in Baldwin City. … As part of Midland Railway’s 25th anniversary celebration, the railway is bringing …
The Baldwin City Council gave initial approval Monday to a charter ordinance intended to make the city less friendly to those it puts in jail. (Read more at http://signal.baldwincity.com/news/2012/jul/17/baldwin-city-council-wants-city-prisoners-pay-jail/)
Although the need isn’t yet critical, city residents should start taking steps to conserve water, Baldwin City public works supervisor Bill Winegar said Monday. (Read more at http://signal.baldwincity.com/news/2012/jul/17/state-informs-baldwin-city-need-conserve-water-dro/)
The Baldwin City Council has agreed to discuss with sculptors a proposal to create statues in downtown Baldwin City or its parks. (Read more at http://signal.baldwincity.com/news/2012/jul/03/baldwin-city-council-receptive-sculptors-public-ar/)