"Come home, Turtle Boy!"

In the weekend Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel learns about the April 1970 theft and two-year absence of Worcester's unofficial mascot, the Burnside Fountain's "Turtle Boy" statue. 

 

Happy Fourth of July!

In the weekend Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel is drawn to the light during the Independence Day celebration July 2 in Worcester. This cartoon originally appeared in 2003 in the former InCity Times, was repurposed in 2013 for the T&G's TelegramTowns weekly and now sports Sunday colors for the weekend edition. Of the 1,000-plus cartoons starring our girl since her debut on April 19, 2002, in ICT, this particularly captures just who she is and remains my favorite. Happy Fourth, everybody!

 

Till we meet again

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel and classmates express their goodbyes as the school year in Worcester ends Tuesday.

 

Taking the bows at Mechanics Hall

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel and fellow children's orchestra members bring down the house at Mechanics Hall.

 

A day at Indian Hill

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy explore Indian Hill, Worcester's only village expressly designed for workers at the former Norton Company.

 

At your service

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel's literally at service during her third-grade volleyball match at the Robert Benchley School in Worcester.  

 

On Memorial Day in Worcester

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel, Uncle Timmy, and neighbors observe Memorial Day.