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  • LIBRARY RECEIVES DONATION - On Jan. 29, members of 100 Women Who Care Southern Delaware (100WWCSD) presented a $17,175 donation to the Friends of Laurel Library to support community services that would not otherwise be funded by the state library system. The library plans to use this donation for a baby supply station. Now numbering close to 200 women, 100 Women Who Care Southern Delaware invites new women who care to join, attend the quarterly luncheon meetings, learn more about the work being done by area non-profits and be a part of supporting their work. For more information and to join, or to find out how to start your own 100 Who Care giving circle, go to 100 Women Who Care Southern Delaware on Facebook, visit 100whocarealliance.org or email 100womencaresd@gmail.com.  Pictured from left: Jeri Berc, Christine Fox, Gail Gormley, Alice Casey, Pat Maloney, Nancy Gentile, Marie Mayor and Carolyn Kelly for 100 Women Who Care; Gail Bruce, library director; Wenona Phillips, library assistant director; Howard Backus, library board president; and Carlos Oliveras, mayor, Laurel.

Concerns spur Laurel review of police cooperation with federal agencies

February 5th, 2026|Categories: LAUREL|

By Tony E. Windsor Concerns raised by the Haitian Coalition of Delaware and La Esperanza over the Laurel Police Department’s sharing of information about Haitian residents with federal authorities have intensified local scrutiny of how the town of Laurel oversees cooperation between its police department and federal agencies. Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by [...]

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Bruce Wayne Venables

Following a long illness, Bruce Wayne Venables passed away peacefully at Delaware Hospice Center in Milford, on Jan. 30, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. Bruce was born on March 10, 1945, in Salisbury, the [...]

Kathleen Anne Harrington-LaRue

Kathleen Anne Harrington-LaRue was born on June 21, 1952, in D.C., and passed away on Jan. 17, 2026, at her home in Laurel, surrounded by family. She was a wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend. [...]

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