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Laurel Mayor, Council candidates vie for seats
The Laurel Municipal Election will be held Thursday, March 27 from 1 to 8 p.m., [...]
Funding a cure: CF fund grants over $6M for Alzheimer’s research
By Mari Pack Last May, Michele Sands picked up a flyer promoting medical [...]
Seaford announces Glenn Phillips Jr. as new varsity football head coach
The Seaford School District recently announced the hiring of Glenn Phillips Jr. as the new head coach [...]
HEALTH
Social Security Age
By Dr. Anthony Policastro There is a science story that many of us have heard. If you put a frog into a pot of hot water, it will jump out. If, however, you put the frog into water at room temperature and then slowly heat it, the frog will stay in it until it dies. That is not actually true. Frogs are smarter than that. However, the point it makes is that sometimes things sneak up on us. The result is that there is no easy or quick solution by the time we recognize it. There are examples of this kind of behavior in our own world. Medicare offers one of those examples. In the 1800’s people worked until they died (85 percent [...]
CHURCH
Free community dinner
ReTemp Development Center will sponsor a free community dinner on Saturday, March 22 from noon to 4 p.m. or until all platters are served. For more info contact Rehoboth Temple of Praise Bishop Leon J. Wilson at 302-875-5545. The CC complex is located at 31824 Gordy Rd. in Laurel.
Easter eggs
Gethsemane Church will be making peanut butter and coconut eggs covered in milk chocolate. They are approximately eight ounces and cost $5. The eggs are decorated with a yellow flower on peanut butter and a pink flower on coconut. Orders may be placed by contacting seafordgumc@gmail.com. Pickup will be on Thursday, April 3 from 5-6 p.m., Friday, April 4 from 5-6 p.m., and Saturday, April 5 from 10 a.m. to noon.
BULLETIN BOARD
Delmar Citizen of the Year banquet
The Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce will honor 2025 Citizen of the Year Odell Jones [...]
Yard sale/bake sale/breakfast sandwich sale
The Laurel Women’s Civic Club is having a Yard Sale/Bake Sale/Breakfast Sandwich Sale on Saturday, [...]
Seaford Hall of Fame
Jimmy Blackwell, Delino DeShields, Bob Hastings, Russ Knorr, Gladys Briggs, John Hollis, Norman Poole, Tisha [...]
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OBITS
Judith Willey Slacum, 81
Judith Willey Slacum of Georgetown passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 13, 2025, at home. She was born on May 6, 1943, in Lewes to John Sr and Virginia Elliott Willey. Judy [...]
Douglas “Doug” Gene Hudson, 62
Douglas “Doug” Gene Hudson of Laurel passed away on March 5 at the Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pa. He was born on April 10, 1962 in Salisbury to William Calvin Hudson and Eleanor Scott [...]
Dr. Sherri Niblett Johnson, 55
Dr. Sherri Niblett Johnson of Bridgeville passed away on March 1, 2025. Sherri was born on Jan. 2, 1970, to parents Roger and Shirley Niblett. Sherri was a graduate of Seaford High School where she was [...]
Dorothy “Dot” Whaley
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Dorothy “Dot” Whaley on March 1, 2025 at TidalHealth Nanticoke. Dot was the beloved wife of Carlton Whaley for 67 years before his passing [...]