"10, 9, 8 . . ."

A bunch of our pals will be whooping it up on the 31st, in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy New Year and Excelsior!

Star light, star bright . . .

Our girls Laurel and Marigold go to the top for a Merry Christmas wish to all, in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Merry Christmas and Excelsior!

I Dream of Santa

Our girl Laurel places some special deliveries in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"O Tannenbaum (?!)..."

Our girl Laurel delivers an inside story at the Festival of Lights on the Common Dec. 6, in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our girl Laurel enumerates her blessings in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Wild kingdoms

All creatures great and small share a city upon many hills, our girl Laurel demonstrates in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"Ten-HUT!!!"

Drill instructors are born, not made, Uncle Timmy discovers in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Metal machine music

...that is, of a homespun variety, fills our pals' world in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Strange things are happening...

... at the Hotel Vernon--just ask our girl Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Halloween!

Gold is where you find it . . .

. . .  our girls Laurel and Gloria observe in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Leader of the pack

Our girl Laurel and crew step lively in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Here's smilin' at you, Worcester!

The world smiles, thanks to Harvey Ball, in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Draw us!

Our pals picture a new look for Tadcaster Place in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Happy autumnal equinox, all!

Our girl Laurel sails into a new season in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Flights of fancy at stART

Our girl Laurel, the Tadcaster Place cast and yours t. will be looking for you this Sunday at stART on the Street. The Laurel Sidewalk Emporium, somewhere among the sidewalk tables near the Bank of America building on Park Avenue, will offer all four Laurel books, new prints and original art from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Be seeing you!

A friend in need

Art in the Park brings our pals together in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

The long goodbye

Our girls bid another Tadcaster Place summer adieu in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

For whom the bell tolls

Our girl Laurel clocks out summer in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

A Latin lullaby

Our girl Laurel dances in the dark in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Stargazing on the Common

Our girl Laurel enjoys a celestial double bill in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"10-4! 10-4!"

Our city's finest assists our girl Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Just follow your nose . . .

Our girls and Dayton home in on home cooking in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"If you don't like the weather . . ."

Our girl Laurel changes the weatherman's tune in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Music hath charms . . .

Our girls Laurel and Gloria and company enjoy the Institute Park concert series in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Hop to it!

Our girls Audra and Laurel get a leg up on the competition in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Fourth!

Lights of summer in the air . . .

Our girl Laurel enjoys a seasonal light show in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns (click on image). Happy Fourth, all!

What's cookin' at Elm Park . . .

At the Food Truck Festival June 22, our girls bake and take the cake in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"You're a high-flyin' flag..."

Our girls Audra and Laurel show their colors in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

The play's their thing

Our girls Laurel and Gloria stage a little impromptu street theatrein this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

At stART on the Street

Our girl Laurel and yours t. will be joining delineator deluxe Derek Ring--and looking for you--this Sunday at stART on the Street, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Green Street. Be seeing you!

Keep the gnome fires burning

Our girl Laurel crafts some five-star lawn art in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Vegans are made, not born

Our girl Laurel wins a new friend--and influences people--in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Memories with Mrs. Dolan

Mrs. Dolan on the first floor reminisces with our girl Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Her master's voice

Our girl Laurel answers for a higher authority in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Let an umbrella be your smile

The sun's in our girl Laurel's heart in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Playing the Granite St. Open

Our girls Laurel and Gloria play a spirited 18 hubs during school vacation in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"A friend in need . . . "

" . . . is a friend indeed," our JCC swim girls learn in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. For our friend indeed Laine Berre.

"Come fly with meeeeee...."

Our girl Laurel's spirits (and then some) soar higher than JetBlue in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Bunny-hoppin' around the town

Mr. Bunny finds an oasis amid chaos in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

A spring in their steps

Our girls Gloria and Laurel take a seasonal shortcut in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Stepping high on St. Patrick's

Our girls (and neighbor) enjoy a happy St. Patrick's Day and wish you the same in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Let us now praise forgotten spas

Our girl Laurel's local history school project lures Mr. Papineau to drink in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Cleared for takeoff!

Weather clear, runway fast for our aviatrixes Audra and Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Green Island off the port bow!

Our girl Laurel sets a vacation sail aboard the good ship Madame Rhubarb in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Mr. Beetle goes to lunch

Our girl Laurel outwits a gourmandizing local pest in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Go figure!

Our girl Laurel cuts a Valentinian caper on the Common in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Valentine's Day!

"The shadow knows . . ."

And now, the extended forecast courtesy of our girls (and friend) in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

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Our girl Laurel fabricates a new command in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Once upon a snowfall . . .

Strange things are happening for our girl Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.