Raised in Laurel since 1953, Jim Cross was a member of the last graduating class (1965) from the old Laurel High School on Montgomery...

The idea of townspeople forming a posse conjures up images of cowboys in the old west on horseback going after desperadoes who robbed a...

Stepbrothers Jeff Aug and Steve Levine began their musical journey as Green Eggs & Ham in 1985 as sophomores at Laurel High School....

These short bits of history tend to pile up as I do more research on various topics. Unless otherwise credited, all quotes are from the...

Clippings from the Laurel Leader  tell the story of the Laurel Jewish Congregation’s struggle to establish a synogogue in Montpelier in...

These short bits of history tend to pile up as I do more research on various topics. Unless otherwise credited, all quotes are from the...

Anne Colt Leitess is currently serving her second term as Anne Arundel County’s State’s Attorney. Over her 25-year plus career as a...

New Autobiography by Laurel’s Marty Friedman Pulls No Punches A young Marty Friedman rehearses with his band, Deuce, on Supplee Lane in...

These short bits of history tend to pile up as I do more research on various topics. Unless otherwise credited, all quotes are from the...

Newspaper clippings after the May 15, 1972 assassination attempt on Alabama Governor George Wallace at Laurel Shopping Center from...

Laurel’s oldest resident, Virginia “Ginny” Scagliarini, who turned 102 in August, loves to tell stories about her father, Ben Chapman,...

These short bits of history tend to pile up as I do more research on various topics. Unless otherwise credited, all quotes are from the...

Part 2 — But Why? For almost 10 years, families in six different counties in Maryland were victimized by terrifying arson fires to their...

Part 1 — What He Did It was his gait. That’s how they knew it was him. After almost 30 years in law enforcement, first with the Baltimore...

These short bits of history tend to pile up as I do more research on various topics. Unless otherwise credited, all quotes are from the...

In the Winter 2023 issue of Voices of Laurel, I profiled Roy Gilmore, former Chief of the Laurel Police Department. His story was unusual...

In August 1921, a free summer camp for young White men between the ages of 16 and 35 selected from around the country was held at Camp...

These short bits of history tend to pile up as I do more research on various topics. Unless otherwise credited, all quotes are from the...

Laurel Resident Was a Prolific Stadium Model Maker Last year, while The Laurel History Boys were doing research for our book on the...