Staff Writers
City Beat
A roundup of local events and announcements, compiled by Voices of Laurel staff SPRING 2024 Shake-up at City Hall Mayor Keith Sydnor has...
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Spring 2024 Edition
John Brady: From WWII Hero to Laurel City Council
City Beat
New & Noteworthy
Staff Writers
What’s New With The Laurel History Boys
Spring Book Fair Celebrating LHS Graduate Authors The Laurel History Boys are sponsoring a Spring Book Fair. At this free event, all are...
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
The views expressed in letters to the editor do not purport to reflect the views or opinions of Voices of Laurel or The Laurel History...
Diane Mezzanotte
Ruth Walls is First Laurel Light Award Recipient
The Voices of Laurel team is pleased to announce that Ruth Walls is the first recipient of our quarterly “Laurel Light” award, created to...
Neighborhood News
Angela Latham Kozlowski
North Laurel
Local news covering the North Laurel and Scaggsville areas Proposed Changes to Commuter Bus Service The Maryland Department of...
Diane Mezzanotte
South Laurel
Local news covering Laurel Lakes, Victoria Falls, Oakcrest, Montpelier, and the Route 197 corridor Drama at the Beltsville Fire...
Angela Latham Kozlowski
West Laurel
Local news covering the West Laurel and Burtonsville areas Green Bin Food Scrap Collection Program for West Laurel Residents of Howard...
Brenda Zeigler-Riley
Russett/Maryland City
Local news covering the Russett and Maryland City areas Former Russett Resident Vies for Recording Contract on The Voice Elyscia...
Community
Tom Dernoga
From the Office of Council Member Tom Dernoga
Free Tax Assistance Are you searching for no-cost tax assistance in your vicinity? There are organizations dedicated to free tax...
Diane Mezzanotte
Betting Against the Odds: Historic Laurel Park Faces Uncertain Future
Sweeping changes may be on the horizon for thoroughbred racing in Maryland, and the Laurel Park Racetrack is slated to play an integral...
Members of the South Laurel Civic Association
This Could Also Happen to Your Neighborhood
Over two decades ago, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) was enacted to shield certain societal segments...
History
Mark J. Stout, Ph.D.
Angela Latham Kozlowski & Kevin Leonard
Kevin Leonard
The Laurel Chronicles
Kevin Leonard
John Brady: From WWII Hero to Laurel City Council
In the Winter 2023 issue of Voices of Laurel, I profiled Roy Gilmore, former Chief of the Laurel Police Department. His story was unusual...
Growing up in Laurel
Richard Friend
Father’s Day Hits Different
Father’s Day hits a bit differently for those of us whose fathers have sadly passed on. My dad, Al Friend, passed away in 2018—which has...
Jack Carr
Summertime Log Raft
Sometimes, back then, the summer was really hot. Even the dogs, normally running, barking, and protecting our house from who knows what,...
Laurel Noir
Richard Friend
The Weight of Murder
Laurel Noir is a series focused on historic crimes and the darker underside of our hometown. Every so often—and especially in a small...
Laurel Archaeology
Pete Lewnes
Profiles
Kevin Leonard
Combining Art and Sports in a Lifelong Passion
Laurel Resident Was a Prolific Stadium Model Maker Last year, while The Laurel History Boys were doing research for our book on the...
Jim Clash
Riding On 60-Ft Waves, Flipping a Jet Ski... All in a Day’s Work
About an hour and a half north of Lisbon, Portugal, by bus, lies the small coastal town of Nazare. Most people have never heard of the...
First Responders
Rick McGill
“We had a guy...”
Spring 2024
Obituaries
Staff Writers
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