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Laurel is a city in Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore on the banks of the Patuxent River, in northern Prince George's County. ...
The Laurel Museum is a museum in Laurel, Maryland, in the United States. It is located in a mill workers' home that was built by Horace Capron between 1836 and 1840. [ 3 ] It was restored by the City of Laurel, and opened to the public on May 1, 1996.
This is a list of mayors of Laurel, Maryland, [1] [2] [3] a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland. Before the city's (nonpartisan) office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of President of the Board of Commissioners. Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names.
The Laurel Police Department (LPD) is a nationally accredited, [1] full-service police department servicing a population of 21,945 persons within 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2) of the municipality of Laurel in the U.S. state of Maryland in Prince Georges County. The LPD also maintains its own emergency communications (dispatch) and temporary ...
This branch's buildings have been named after the family of Charles H. Stanley, who was a city commissioner (1880–1882), mayor (1891–1893), [3] and state comptroller (1911–1912). [4] Friends of the Laurel Library, a philanthropic group of local community members, has supported the branch since January 1996. [5]
On August 14, 2012, the city of Laurel hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to begin destruction of the former Laurel Mall. [1] As of October 12, 2012, all of the parking garage on the U.S. Route 1 side of the mall had been demolished, and interior demolition of the mall had begun.
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Avondale Mill was the only one of Laurel's 19th century mills to have survived into the late 20th century. A devastating fire on December 19, 1991, destroyed the mill. The remains were then demolished and the site cleared for use as a community park. [9] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]