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Help save local news in Laurel

Help save local news in Laurel

KIT SLACK April 8, 2026

Laurel’s mayor, in planning the city’s $45 million budget, has told us he will reduce funding to our local news nonprofit from $50,000 to $20,000 per year starting July 1. We contract with the...

Model train project in Laurel resident's basement grows more and more like a mini-Laurel.

Retiree’s passion is on track

JOE MURCHISON January 1, 2026

“The biggest problem I had when I retired was not having anything to do,” Michael Sutton recalls when he ended a career as a senior network engineer with the prestigious downtown D.C. law firm Covington...

Laurel 4 the Patuxent cleared the invasive plants near the Laurel Museum.
Courtesy Photo Laurel for the Patuxent

Council considers sustainability plan

KATIE JONES July 14, 2025

By NANCY WELCH At their June 4 work session, Laurel Mayor Keith Sydnor and the city council discussed adopting “Our Voice, Our Future,” the 2025 Laurel Sustainability Plan. If passed, the plan will...

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