{"id":8186,"date":"2025-07-06T08:33:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T12:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/?p=8186"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:28:39","slug":"laurel-park-celebrates-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/?p=8186","title":{"rendered":"Laurel Park Celebrates 100 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8186\" class=\"elementor elementor-8186\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4abc8d8b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4abc8d8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae72ad2 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae72ad2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Residents gathered Saturday, July 5 at the town&#8217;s Laurel Green Park to mark a milestone. A Centennial picnic of BBQ, beer and festive jazz tunes were enjoyed by many on a summer afternoon . Laurel Park incorporated in 1925 but history dates back to its beginnings in the late 1800s as a recreation destination. Today nearly 3,000 people call it home including some of Somersby Park&#8217;s very own.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"wp-image-8195\" src=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PXL_20250705_205650386.MP_-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PXL_20250705_205650386.MP_-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PXL_20250705_205650386.MP_-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PXL_20250705_205650386.MP_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PXL_20250705_205650386.MP_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PXL_20250705_205650386.MP_-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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A Centennial picnic of BBQ, beer and festive jazz tunes were enjoyed by many on a summer afternoon . Laurel Park incorporated in 1925 but history dates back to its beginnings in the late 1800s as a recreation destination. 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