Laurel, once again, will soon lose another part of its rich history. In the near future, horse racing will cease operations here and Laurel Park will be reduced to a training facility only. My feelings are mixed on just how long that and the racing industry itself will exist in Maryland. Laurel, in my opinion, would have been a much better idea than Pimlico. The monies invested here in recent years have now to gone to waste. Laurel Park opened on October 2, 1911 and has serv

The year was 1971, and I can vividly recall cruising Laurel Shopping Center in my ’66 Chevy Impala from Mid-City Chevrolet while listening to the song “Signs” by the Five Man Electrical Band. Little did I know then that some 50 years later, my wife Martha and I would own a few from Laurel. Signs are indeed everywhere. They become part of the landscape that we sometimes take for granted, not missing them until they’re changed or simply gone. I was reminded of this recently whe

Mayor Robert J. DiPietro (left) and the City Council at the 1980 election results: Jim Cross, President, Lynn Roehrich, Dani Duniho, H....

In 1910 the General Assembly enacted a law creating the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles led by John E. George and was located at the Union...

Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune to find and preserve a number of items from the Laurel Police Department’s history, going...

Laurel Park—at other times known as Laurel Race Course, or known to longtime locals simply as “The Race Track”—has been a core element of...