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Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll— Literally
New Autobiography by Laurel’s Marty Friedman Pulls No Punches A young Marty Friedman rehearses with his band, Deuce, on Supplee Lane in...
Kevin Leonard
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A Long Time Ago in a Classroom Far Far Away...
Herb Desind was one of those teachers that you never forget Herb Desind in his classroom at Eisenhower Junior High circa 1979. Students...
Richard Friend
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Oliviah Walton Shines On and Off the Field at Pallotti
It was Fall 2023 and St. Vincent Pallotti’s football team was playing an away game. They had scored a touchdown and were lining up for an...
Diane Mezzanotte
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South Laurel’s King of Crime Fiction
Every day, from his home in the Laurel neighborhood of Montpelier, Dana King sits at his computer, looks out at the wooded lot behind...
Diane Mezzanotte
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Raul Midón
North Laurel’s Grammy-Nominated Multitalented Musician Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres. The well-known Spanish saying literally...
Angela Latham Kozlowski
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A Laurel Legend: Jerry Dallman and the Knightcaps
Mark Opsasnick’s incredibly researched book, Rock the Potomac, is chock-full of stories and biographies of the people and groups who were...
Mark Opsasnick
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Combining Art and Sports in a Lifelong Passion
Laurel Resident Was a Prolific Stadium Model Maker Last year, while The Laurel History Boys were doing research for our book on the...
Kevin Leonard
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Riding On 60-Ft Waves, Flipping a Jet Ski... All in a Day’s Work
About an hour and a half north of Lisbon, Portugal, by bus, lies the small coastal town of Nazare. Most people have never heard of the...
Jim Clash
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Hidden History of Howard County
New book about Howard County history written by Voices of Laurel contributor and son Curiosity surrounding an old iron bridge they would...
Angela Latham Kozlowski
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New Book by Laurel’s Jim Clash
A new book by frequent Voices of Laurel contributor, Forbes magazine writer, and Laurel High School graduate (Class of 1973) Jim Clash...
Kevin Leonard
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