Laurel

Few people were walking around downtown Laurel Tuesday evening, but at Main Street Sports Grill, nearly every seat at the bar was taken for happy hour. Since April marks the start of Major League Baseball play, the multiple flat-screen televisions behind the bar were showing ESPN's highlights from games across the nation. However, come 7 p.m., ESPN would be replaced by coverage of two games, one featuring the Baltimore Orioles, and the other the Washington Nationals. Laurel is sandwiched between Baltimore and Washington, about a half-hour drive away from either city, and at Main Street Sports Grill, baseball loyalties were divided between the two teams.

Art exhibit The Chesapeake Wood Turners exhibit, sponsored by Montpelier Mansion, is on view through Tuesday, April 30, at the National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Free admission. Information: 301-377-7817. Bluegrass music Savage Bluegrass plays at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at Sam and Elsie's Bar and Restaurant in Laurel. No cover charge. Information: 301-317-7796. Saturday night movies Monthly movie screenings designed for family viewing will be shown at 6 p.m. at the North Laurel Community Center, 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road.

Laurel Police report felonies, arrests and property crimes. Prince George's County police report violent crimes and property crimes. City of Laurel Marshall Avenue, 300 block, April 7. Theft of motor vehicle parts, accessories. Baltimore Avenue, 13600 block, April 7. Forced-entry burglary. Contee Road, 6900 block, April 6. Motor vehicle theft. Main Street, 300 block, April 5. Forced-0entry burglary. Main Street, 300 block, April 5. Attempted burglary.

Fire crews from Howard, Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties battled a house and brush fire on Sunday in Laurel. According to the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services, on Sunday at about 9:30 p.m., firefighters from the Savage station were alerted to a brush fire in the 9000 block of Whiskey Bottom Road in Laurel. Units arrived to find an abandon house engulfed in fire, as well as several brush fires. Additional units from the three counties were called for assistance.

The Laurel High School Class of 2013 graduates on Monday, June 3, 2013. That evening, in celebration of our graduates' achievements, the Grad Night Committee of the PTSA of Laurel High School will hold the 25th annual Grad Night. The city of Laurel co-sponsors this unique all-night, alcohol- and drug-free, chaperoned event. Graduates are entertained with music, games, door prizes, food, drinks, memories and much, much more! We anticipate that approximately 200 of our graduating seniors will attend this year's celebration.

The Laurel Volunteer Fire Department presented its Member of the Month Awards during a recent department meeting. Fire fighters Steve Paratore, Ross Nelson and Robert Grant were presented certificates and gift cards from President Vic Whipple and Chief Trey Kelso. In a new addition to the monthly awards program, Auxiliary President May-Lynn Bayles has started a similar program for the Auxiliary membership. Auxiliary members Sue Frost, Sharon Mitchell and Barbara Sellner received certificates of recognition at a recent Auxiliary meeting.

Send sports notices a minimum of two weeks before the requested publication date to cclary@tribune.com or Patuxent Publishing/LL Sports Notices, Third floor, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21278; e-mail cclary@tribune.com . Include date, time, location, contact information and subsection. Soccer Laurel Soccer Club accepts registrations. http://www.laurelsoccerclub.com. The GLUSC is currently registering soccer players for their spring soccer programs. Register online at http://www.glusc.com or call 301-502-6431.

Et cetera Ortiz, McMahon win meet titles at Laurel The Laurel Park winter meeting ended Saturday with apprentice rider Yomar Ortiz and veteran trainer Hugh McMahon winning individual titles. The 50-day stand began Jan. 1. Ortiz topped the jockey standings with 57 first-place finishes, six more than fellow apprentice Trevor McCarthy . The 21-year-old had 16 multiple-win days during the meet, including four three-win afternoons. "It was a battle until the end," Ortiz said.

A Laurel teenager is being charged as an adult with first-degree assault in the shooting of a police vehicle with a BB gun while it was being driven by an officer, Prince George's County Police said Saturday. Andre Christopher Rivers, 16, of the 13500 block of Attleboro Court, was arrested Friday evening after an officer driving along Contee Road "heard a projectile strike his driver's side door" about 6 p.m. and immediately called for backup, police said in a statement. "The patrol officer believed he was being fired on and immediately requested a search of the area," the statement said.