By Mike McClure The 167 members of Laurel High School’s graduating class of 2025 earned over $3.8 million in scholarships. “This class didn’t just show up, they showed out,” Laurel principal Trina Giles said during last Thursday’s commencement. [...]

By Mike McClure Laurel native and Delmar High School and Temple University graduate Samuel O’Neal has been on quite a ride in recent years, from internships in Boise, Idaho, and Harrisburg, Pa., to covering the presidential debate [...]

By Mike McClure Less than a week after Community Bank held its ribbon cutting to celebrate becoming the first new tenant in the Nylon Shopping Center, developer Rob Herrera of the 9th Street Development Company spoke at the [...]

By Ali Nicole The May Delmar Council meeting took place last Monday night.As addressed in April’s meeting, the property owned by Mike Myers located at 300 North Eighth Street was poised to be annexed into the town, but [...]

Laurel will be host to the Fourth Annual Paint Laurel Plein Air on Saturday, May 10 along the banks of the Broad Creek in Janosik Park. En plein air, a French phrase meaning “in open air,” describes the [...]

In an emotional and candid address, former Mayor John Shwed delivered a farewell message to the people of Laurel as he officially turned over the reins of leadership to a new administration. Speaking both to a live audience and Zoom [...]

By Mike McClure Odell Jones, Jr. was honored as this year’s Delmar Citizen of the Year during a banquet held Tuesday night at the Delmar VFW. The event, sponsored by the Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce, is held [...]

By Mike McClure Last Monday, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Regional Manager Joe DeFelice and his staff visited Laurel to tour the new affordable home construction projects in town. First, the group met with town and county representatives [...]

By Tony E Windsor After more than two decades, the town of Laurel has a new mayor. Municipal elections were held Thursday, March 27 and the results left two incumbent councilmen, Jonathon Kellam and Donald “Bo” Holden, in [...]