Mayor Tom Bauer swears in new Delmar Councilman Dr. Ryan Allen, right, during last Monday’s town council meeting. Photo by Ali Nicole
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 […]
An area police officer has now been sworn in as the chief of police for what is his third Delaware municipality. During the recent Laurel Mayor and Council meeting, held on Monday, June 17, former Seaford and Middletown police chief and Laurel Captain […]
Delmar Citizen of the Year Marilyn Searcey was joined by family, friends, community members, and local politicians during last Tuesday’s banquet at the Delmar VFW. The annual event is sponsored by the Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce.
Past citizen of the […]
The Laurel New Century Club recently held the final meeting of its 115 years. Citing lack of new members and the loss of past members the club, which started the Laurel Public Library, has decided to close its doors.
“It […]
While showers blanketed a vast portion of Sussex County on Saturday, May 4, they mostly held off for the 20th annual Bike Rally, held at Trap Pond Park. It has been the longest running fundraiser that Trap Pond Partners has faithfully held […]
Laurel council is debating whether to respond to a concern about traffic flow on one street in the community. The town received a request to have a section of Elm Street, between 7th and Center streets changed to one-way vehicle traffic to match […]
The Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce recently announced Marilyn Searcey as the 2024 Delmar Citizen of the Year Searcey, a pastor at Renovate Church and an adjunct social work instructor at Salisbury University, will be honored at the Citizen of the Year […]
The Delmar School Board approved a bid for a new pole building during a special meeting on March 27. Among the items discussed at the March 19 board meeting was a possible certificate of necessity for a new school.
The pole […]
