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Laurel's Grove community reflects on the arc of racism, progress
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Fort George G. Meade will be able to start reopening some facilities as the U.S. Army Military District of Washington downgrades the health protection condition.
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Laurel resident and member of the U.S. Army Band Pershing’s Own Jesse Tubb rode in a 2-mile loop on his bike at the Columbia Gateway Business Park 250 times this past weekend to raise money for the newly founded nonprofit OhanaHC.
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After three years of leading the St. Nicholas Catholic Church congregation in Laurel, the Rev. Mel Ayala was reassigned by the Archbishop Wilton Gregory of the Archdiocese of Washington to St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Silver Spring beginning July 8.
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The Fourth of July will look a little different this year, with large-scale fireworks displays and celebrations canceled across Maryland because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Officials, however, are still urging residents to be cautious if they plan to celebrate Independence Day at home.
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Both St. Mary of the Mills and St. Nicholas Catholic Church followed guidelines provided by the Archdioese of Washington as well as by their own committees to reopen for services amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Richard Arthur Slaven, a retired Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab scientist, died of pneumonia June 7 at the Fairhaven Retirement Community in Sykesville. The former Pikesville resident was 87.
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Even as we are fortunate to enjoy beautiful summer weather and as businesses begin to reopen, many in the Laurel area still have a continued need for assistance with food and other necessities.
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At approximately 3:25 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Waterloo Barrack and the Howard County Police Department responded to a report of a crash in the center median on northbound Interstate 95 in Howard County, south of Maryland Route 100.
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Juneteenth marks the day slaves in Texas found out they had been freed and the Civil War had ended. The news reached them on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation and a few months after the war’s end. President Abraham Lincoln, the man who freed the slaves, was also assassinated a couple of months earlier.
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While restaurants, retail stores, gyms, parks and houses of worship are allowed to reopen now that Maryland is in Phase 2, theaters remain dark, with many uncertain how they will reopen when they are given the green light.
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After months of requests from the city of Laurel, the Prince George’s County Health Department opened a new COVID-19 testing site at the Laurel-Beltsville Senior Activity Center on Monday.
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Board discussion on removing Prince George’s County school resource officers delayed until September
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said she is opposed to ending agreements that put armed resource officers in school buildings, something the Board of Education is scheduled to discuss Thursday evening.
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The Hammond Park Pool was not able to open on Memorial Day weekend like it traditionally does. However, it has been keeping everyone updated through Facebook and recently posted a thoughtful message to its members on YouTube.
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The Maryland Office of the Public Defender called for the Prince George’s County Board of Education to remove school resource officers from public schools on Thursday — ahead of the board’s resolution to consider ending the contract.
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After months of being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, some businesses at and around Historic Savage Mill are now allowed to open their doors. Staff members are working hard to ensure that once the OK is given, Historic Savage Mill will be able to safely open all its retailers to business.
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After the city of Laurel received numerous emails and concerns about council member Carl DeWalt’s waving of a "Thin Blue Line" flag, DeWalt admitted during Monday’s City Council meeting that he may have been “insensitive” and should have shown more “compassion and support” for the high school students who organized the Black Lives Matter rally.
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On Thursday the Prince George’s County Board of Education will consider a resolution to end their agreement with law enforcement to place armed school resource officers in buildings, saying the presence of officers in school is counterproductive to the board’s goal of keeping students out of prison.
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An intentionally ignited fire scorched three cars, spread to a garage and damaged a home in Laurel on Sunday morning, displacing six residents, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.
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Shouting “Black Lives Matter” and “No Justice, No Peace,” more than 2,000 people marched from Granville Gude Park , down Cherry Lane past Laurel High School and back in a peaceful protest on Sunday afternoon in Laurel.
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Recently the courts along 9th Street that are part of Laurel’s McCullough Field-Sturgis Moore Recreation Area were the scene of a music video featuring a rising local artist, musician and singer Mannywellz.
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Michael and Matthew Merritt, both seniors at St. Vincent Pallotti High School, were named co-valedictorians — a first since the school opened in 1921.
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The city of Laurel has announced all 150th anniversary events through August are canceled. The Laurel Fourth of July committee also announced the city’s Independence Day celebration and fireworks show are canceled.
