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UberShane: Tips and a Review
Photo: Social.Cut / Unsplash You may remember that I stand outside Laurel Elementary and wave at passing cars in the morning. My primary job is a school librarian, but I wanted to write about my second job: UberEats. This is not an opinion piece on the food. I actually haven’t eaten from most of the places I have picked up from, but as an Uber driver I have had some interesting insights around Laurel eateries (a few honorable mentions outside Laurel), and I’d like to pass the

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Laurel Elementary Marks 100 Years With Renovation and Renewal
Laurel Elementary School (its earlier building shown at left in the 1960s) has occupied the site at Montgomery Street between Fifth and...

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Gotta Catch ‘Em All
A flyer announces a recent Pokemon Go event hosted by the Laurel Police Department. The augmented reality mobile game (below) became...

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Additional Duties as Assigned
Photo: Homes.com The best part of my school day must be bus duty. I know a lot of other educators have bemoaned this “additional duty as...

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