And the last night shall be First

Our girl Laurel and company bid 2014 a fond farewell and welcome its sequel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Bestest for the new year, gang!

"Let your heart be light . . ."

Our girl Laurel brightens a place in her world for the holidays in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns, with best wishes to our friends for a Merry Christmas. Excelsior!

Happy Hanukkah, Worcester!

At Mrs. Sigel's, our girl Laurel delivers Hanukkah greetings and best wishes in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"City sidewalks, busy sidewalks..."

Our pals Laurel and Uncle Timmy enjoy shopping past and present in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. They'll be at Worcester Roller Derby's Craftershock fair this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Girls Inc., 125 Providence St.,  and at stART at the Station

Sunday from 9 a.m. (special preview 9 to 11 a.m., $10) to 5 p.m. Be seeing you!

Not so fast, St. Nick!

Our girl Laurel presents her own holiday pageant in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, Worcester!

Our girl Laurel serves up a happy holiday for neighbors all in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

A November's tale

Our girls dispatch the Melvillian "damp, drizzly November of the soul" in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

A salute to Worcester's veterans

Our girl Laurel presents a Veterans Day oral report in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Happy Halloween. Worcester!

Our girl Laurel and company wish you a Worcesterrific Halloween in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Down in Central Alleys

Our pal Uncle Timmy recalls candlepinning down under in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

All along Bancroft Tower

Our girl Laurel savors the views from above (tower open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Sunday and next) in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Meanwhile, on Shrewsbury Street...

Our girls and guys sing a song of Columbus at the parade Oct. 12 in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Columbus Day!

Kitty-kornered

Our girl Laurel plays the old cat-and-house game with Dayton in last week's Worcester TelegramTowns (slight delay owing to vacation!).

Color us autumn

Our girl Laurel knows the real story behind photosynthesis in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

stART us up!

Our girls steal the show at stART on the Street, where we hope to see you at Laurel's sidewalk boutique near the Bank of America building from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Sunday! New Laurel book, prints, original art and more! Be seeing you!

Once upon a time at Jay's

Our pals recall a departed and beloved Worcester boutique in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Deep into the urban jungle

Our girls Laurel and Audra enter the Heart of the Commonwealth's darkness in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Labor Day getaway

Our girls behold the clandestine exit of a fair-weather friend in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Upon the sands of summer

Our girls slide into another school year in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

In step for the Latin Festival

Our girls get a leg up in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

A rhyme is the reason . . .

. . .  for commerce in season, our girls illustrate in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Live-in at the drive-in

On with the show (and how), our girls learn in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

It's backyard carnival time!

Right this way in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Roll up for the History Tour!

Our girls Audra and Laurel explore Millbury Street's past in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

A little night music at Institute Park

Our girl Laurel steals the show in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thirty Seconds over Worcester

Our girls' imagination takes wings in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Fourth!

Once upon a solstice

Our girl Laurel explains it all to Marigold in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"Ring out, wild bells"

The gong sounds for all ages in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy summer!

"How are you fixed for blades?"

Our girls behold another man's treasure in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Reflections in a backyard eye

Our girls behold a slightly askance aspect in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

An island getaway

Our girl Laurel envisions a local island idyll in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Remembering the Royal Theatre

Many stories in the naked city, one of which our girl Laurel relates in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. In memory of buddy and nonpareil movie maven Blackie Seymour (1938-2011), who first shared this tale.

Time...saunters on!

Our girls Laurel and Audra observe the day's passing parade in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Hail and farewell

Our pals Laurel and Uncle Timmy share a last look at a Worcester landmark in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"Look! Up in the sky!"

Our girl Laurel celebrates Free Comic Book Day Saturday at the world's foremost comic-bookery, That's Entertainment, in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Our hospitality

Our girl Laurel unfurls the welcome banner in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

A day at the museum

Our girls reacquaint themselves with the Higgins collection in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"And now, the forecast . . ."

Our girl Laurel sounds off for spring in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Build it and . . .

. . . neighbors will come, our girl Laurel asserts in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

From the top

Our girl Laurel sounds off in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

"By these signs . . . "

Our girl Laurel beholds a Worcesterian harbinger of spring in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

We love a parade!

Our girls Gloria and Laurel behold a small wonder in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Odds bodkins!

The hand is quicker than the math, our girl Laurel asserts in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Notes from underground

Our girl Laurel shares her adventures down under in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Rolling down the lane...

Our girl Laurel brings her panache to the pins in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Queen of hearts

Our girl Laurel keeps hearts and the presses humming in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Valentine's Day!

Go for the glow!

Our girl Laurel espouses good, clean fun in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Goldberg variation

Our girl Laurel embroiders upon a classic theme in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

All aboard!

When life gives you

cardboard, slide on it, our girls concur in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Oval of dreams

Our girl Laurel envisions leading the jam in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.