BAND COMPETITION - The Delmar High School Marching Band placed second overall at the Milford Tournament of Bands competition. The band also received specialty awards for Best Auxiliary (color guard) and Fan Favorite (voted on by audience members).The Delmar Color Guard earned the highest overall score for their visual talents.
Laurel School District educators and other staff were treated to an unusual, spirited event to commemorate their first day back at school. On Tuesday, Aug. 27, during pre-school-year staff professional development, team building, and classroom planning and preparation workshops, the employees enjoyed […]
A Laurel landlord came before Mayor and Council recently to express concerns about the unusually high property tax increase implemented in last year’s town budget. He said he hoped in the future there may be opportunities to bring the taxes down to […]
They say good things are worth waiting for, western Sussex residents have been waiting for awhile for Britt’s Dutch Inn to reopen after fire caused the restaurant to close and rebuild. Last week Britt’s held a soft opening before officially opening for […]
The intersection of E. Front Street and N. Central Ave. in Laurel once had three gas stations. Two of those three properties are now being developed by the Laurel Redevelopment Corporation (LRC).
The former gas station and bait and tackle store […]
Driving through the town of Laurel, visitors and residents have surely noticed a number of ongoing commercial and residential projects that have made progress throughout the summer. Many of those projects are being overseen by the Laurel Redevelopment Corporation (LRC).
On […]
The Delmar Historical and Arts Society (DHAS) held a dedication and unveiling for its “Honoring Your Heroes” brick display and also dedicated a flag pole that was donated by Scott Sturgis during a ceremony last Saturday outside its building.
Following the raising of […]
The town of Delmar is looking to bring back Delmar Heritage Day for the first time since 2019 after last year’s event was rained out. The annual town gathering began after the town held a sesquicennial (150 years) celebration in 2007. After […]
The Laurel School District is moving to a small school model at the Laurel Elementary School starting this school year. An intermediate school for grades 5-6 will be located within the elementary school with a principal and office for each school.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the town of Laurel has joined other municipality and state governments in implementing digital online feeds of Mayor and Council meetings. The town, like many organizations, initially started the Zoom meeting access to help avoid in-person contact and […]
Kim Ralph was sworn in on Monday night as the newest member of the Laurel School Board at the board’s reorganization meeting. They will meet again in August.
Ralph ran for the seat, formerly held by Brad Lee, unopposed and […]
