Laurel Town Manager Jamie Smith delivered her monthly report to the Mayor and Council during the Monday, Nov. 17 meeting, outlining ongoing economic development efforts, grant-funded infrastructure projects, community initiatives, and recent ordinance actions. Smith reported continued movement on [...]

By Mike McClure On Nov. 20, Delmar High School Spanish Teacher Dr. Ryan Allen received the Leo Benardo Award for Innovation in K-12 Education at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in New Orleans. [...]

By Mike McClure While the date and amount has not yet been set, the Delmar School District is planning to hold a referendum to increase the current expense tax rates to fund school operations. This comes after the state [...]

By Tony E. Windsor During the Monday, Oct. 20 meeting of Mayor and Council, Marie Townsend of the ROSSI Group delivered a presentation on the proposed renewal of Laurel’s Downtown Development District designation. Townsend explained that the town [...]

By Mike McClure DNREC holds groundbreaking ceremony for new splash park On Monday, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Control (DNREC) held a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Cypress Splash Zone splash park at Trap Pond [...]

By Mike McClure Dog park opens in Delmar, Md. following ribbon cutting Wicomico County officials cut the ribbon for the Leonard’s Mill Dog Park in Delmar, a 30,000 square foot facility, last Friday. The park includes separate [...]

By Tony E. Windsor During the recent Laurel Mayor and Council meeting, the Council passed Ordinance 2025-2, amending Chapter 97 to require an annual rental license for any dwelling unit in town limits not occupied by the legal [...]

By Mike McClure The Delmar School District will hold a referendum next year. What remains to be seen is when it will take place and whether it will be to build a new intermediate school to alleviate crowding [...]

By Mike McClure North Laurel Early Learning Academy teacher Stacy Puerto is representing the Laurel School District as its Teacher of the Year. Puerto teaches multilingual students in kindergarten and first grade, helping students learning English as a [...]