Happy New Year, all

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel, Uncle Timmy, Grammy, Dayton and the gang at Tadcaster Place wish you all a healthy and Happy New Year! Excelsior!

Merry Christmas to all!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel, Dayton and the gang wish you and yours a most Merry Christmas!

 

"O Christmas trees, O Christmas trees..."

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel enjoys her Grammy's Christmas tree and hears some stories of Christmas trees past.

To our friend Platypus with love

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel makes a new friend during a kids' Christmas party at Uncle Timmy's lodge--in memory with love to an old friend (and the inspiration for Laurel's Grammy).

Happy Hanukkah!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy happily partake of a Hanukkah delicacy, with best wishes for a most happy holiday! And while in the neighborhood, please visit our girl and over 100 local vendors at stART at the Station from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (preview 9 to 10:30 a.m., $10) at Union Station. Thanks and be seeing you!

Almost time for stART at the Station Dec. 3

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy synchronize their clocks and calendars for stART at the Station, returning Dec. 3 to Worcester's Union Station and featuring hundreds of local artists and crafters. Our girl will be looking for you in the Concourse with her newest book and Christmas card together with previous books, cards and original drawings. Please stop by! Be seeing you!

 

Happy Thanksgiving, Worcester!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel, Uncle Timmy and special guests wish you a most Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Keep your sunny smile up!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel knows the power of a sunny smile even during a raw, rainy Green Island day in November ("the eleventh twelfth of a weariness," in the words of Ambrose Bierce).

 

 

Mr. Heywood and the Black 371st Infantry

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel learns about Worcester native Chester D. Heywood, industrialist and commander of the Black 371st Infantry during World War I, with a salute to all who served.

 

Happy Halloween, Worcester!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girls Laurel and Cherie and friend wish you all a most Happy Halloween!

"In beauty I walk"

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel enjoys the autumnal splendor of Worcester's Hadwen Park.

 

'I talk to the trees'

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel takes a humorous and labor-saving approach to picking apples at a local orchard.

 

Holidays in harmony

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy span a musical bridge on Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct. 9.

 

Meet Walter Jerome of Worcester and his Sir Vival safety car

In this Sunday's Telegram, take a ride in the Sir Vival, the world's first safety car and built by Walter Jerome of Worcester, with our girl Laurel.

'Round and 'round we go...

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel sees her mousy menagerie at school in full exercise throttle at the Washington Square roundabout or facsimile thereof.

Up up and away!

In today's Sunday Telegram, our girl Laurel and a seasonal visitor bid bon voyage to a warm-weather friend. Speaking of weather, it's a lovely day for stART on the Street, where our girl will be looking for you along with Bret Herholz, Derek Rook and Alex Barbosa in front of That's Entertainment from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Be seeing you!

 

All set for the new stART

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel anticipates a day for the books ahead with the return on stART on the Street on Park Avenue between Pleasant and Highland streets from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 17 (rain date Sept. 24). Speaking of stART, our girl will be looking for you in front of That's Entertainment, 244 Park Ave., offering her latest 40-page collection, pictured below, together with previous books, original art and Christmas cards. Please stop by! Thanks!

The remarkable Ms. Agnes Ballard of Oxford

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel learns about Agnes Ballard, Oxford native and pioneering woman architect/public official in Florida.

 

Time out for school!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel glides into the new Worcester school year, starting Monday.

 

Old-school style for back to school

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel opts for a classic Worcester look while back-to-school shopping.

Time for a backyard splash party!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and friends enjoy their own private spray park.

 

 

Meet Worcester resident Joshua Stoddard, inventor of the steam calliope

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel learns about Worcester resident and inventor Joshua Stoddard, who gave us (for better or worse!) the steam calliope.

Masterpieces at the museum

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy turn their eyes to art at the Worcester Art Museum, with a tip of the Hatlo hat (and apologies) to city tattoo artist extraordinaire Eamon Gillen.

 

Made in the shade in Green Island

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel's neighbors in otherwise treeless Green Island enjoy a verdant oasis on a July day.

 

Just hangin' around the backyard

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy transform a classic three-decker clothesline into a vacation destination.

 

Sounds of Brazil July 9 at Institute Park

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy take a musical sojourn to Brazil at the Mass. Symphony's Jazz Brasileiro in the Park concert July 9 at Institute Park.

Meet George M. Cohan, showbiz giant and occasional North Brookfielder

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel meets the July baby, theater icon and part-time North Brookfielder George M. Cohan.

The lights fantastic for the Fourth

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel enjoys the lights and sounds of Independence Day in Worcester, with celebrations June 29 at East Park and July 3 at Institute Park.

 

Mr. Summer Goes to Town

In this Sunday's Telegram, a reception committee comprising our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy greets a seasonal regular's return to Worcester.

 

Summer vacation, then and now

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel leads the pack for summer vacation, as her teacher Mr. Papineau looks on.

 

A night at the Shrewsbury Drive-In Theater

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel takes in the former Shrewsbury Drive-In Theater, with a tip of the Hatlo hat to Worcester history maven Paul Brueggemann.

On Memorial Day

In this Sunday's Telegram, Uncle Timmy and our girl Laurel make a solemn visit on Memorial Day.

In the heart of a city

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel shows us the true beauty of Worcester, with an assist from William Saroyan.

 

On Mother's Day

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel spends some moments on Mother's Day with her mom, with best wishes to all mothers.

 

A bus ride down Memory Lane

In this Sunday's Telegram, take a ride with our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy down Memory Lane into the beginnings of Worcester's bus service.

Much growth in the spring along Green Street

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel takes especial notice of growth in the spring while strolling down Green Street.

 

One April day in Elm Park

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and friend score a winning hit in Elm Park.

 

Time out for school vacation in Worcester

In this Sunday's Telegram, Uncle Timmy literally gets into the swing of things for April school vacation with our girl Laurel.

 

Happy Easter!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and friends enjoy an Easter egg hunt at Elm Park and wish you a most Happy Easter!

 

Meet Worcester native and environmental artist Nancy Holt

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel introduces us to Worcester native and pioneering environmental artist Nancy Holt.

 

Meet Worcesterite Grace Stafford of Stafford Street--and her alter ego

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel learns about former Worcesterite Grace Stafford, actress and voice of Woody Woodpecker.

 

Right on time

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel keeps a Monday appointment with a long-awaited friend.

 

Stopping the show at the St. Patrick's Parade

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel stops the show at the Worcester County St. Patrick's Parade, stepping off at noon Sunday on Park Avenue from Mill to Highland streets. 

Dig we must?

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel takes the scientific approach to snow removal after the recent storms.

 

A little night music

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel's kitty Dayton provides his own late-night winter lullaby--as opposed to what many of us hear otherwise.

 

School vacation reading

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel's third-grade teacher Mr. Papineau has some school vacation reading of his own.

Happy Valentine's Day, Worcester!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel dispatches many special deliveries and wishes you a most Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Along Worcester's Black History Trail

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel travels into time along Worcester's Black History Trail. All five markers are also on display this month in the lobby of the main branch of the Worcester Public Library, just past the parking lot entrance.

A rose is a rose is a ?

 In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel not only draws flowers but is happy to share.