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- ↑ "Laurel Mayors, Prince George's County, Maryland". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
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- ↑ Wotanis, Lindsey Lee (2011). Community journalism as ritual: A case study of community and weekly newspapers in Laurel, Maryland (PDF) (Ph.D.). University Microfilms International. pp. 199–200. 3461429. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
[Curley] became Laurel's mayor in 1928
- ↑ "Former Ocalan Elected Mayor of Laurel, Md". Ocala Star-Banner . Ocala, Florida. March 20, 1986. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
[Duniho] will be Laurel's first woman mayor.
- ↑ "FY2010 Adopted Operating Budget" (PDF). City of Laurel, Maryland. 2009. p. 141. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
The park was renamed ... after Laurel's first woman mayor, Dani Duniho
- ↑ Scarcella, Michael (October 23, 2001). "Laurel Mayor Frank P. Casula, respected politician, dies at 81". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
[Casula] was elected mayor in 1994 and reelected in 1998.
- ↑ Glenn, Gwendolyn (October 12, 2011). "Leszcz seeks eighth term on Laurel City Council". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
Leszcz ... served for five months as Laurel's mayor after Mayor Frank Casula died in 2001.
- ↑ "Laurel: Candidate Endorsements". Baltimore Sun. October 19, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
The current mayor and council members had 14 months added to their four- and two-year terms when Laurel's election day was moved to the first November in odd-numbered years
- ↑ Friend, Richard (February 2017). "Laurel History Boys Connect Woman to Lost Family Memorabilia" (PDF). The Laurel Light. Vol. XVIII, no. I. Laurel Historical Society. p. 1. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ↑ Lockman, JeanneTyler Moodee (November 8, 2023). "Keith Sydnor makes history as first Black mayor of Laurel, Maryland". WJLA-TV . Retrieved November 9, 2023.