Saturday, October 31, 2026

A day at Denholm and McKay

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel reports on the book "Denholms: The Story of Worcester's Premier Department Store" by Christopher Sawyer and Patricia A. Wolf -  a superb read and highly recommended.


 

 

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Happy Halloween!

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel, friends and Uncle Timmy bid farewell to a new pal at an old Worcester haunt, with wishes for a happy Halloween.


 

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Color us enchanted at Hadwen Park

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, Uncle Timmy and our girl Laurel absorb autumn's splendor at their favorite place, Hadwen Park.


 

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Introducing Laurel's 2026 Scrapbook

Good morning! Our girl Laurel looks forward to seeing you at Vincent's Backyard Gallery's End-of-Year Spooktacular, presented by Cold Moon Arts from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at Vincent's, 49 Suffolk St. Her latest collection, pictured here, featuring over 40 color and black-and-white cartoons on Worcester history and more, will be available, together with previous books, original drawings, Christmas cards and T-shirts. Please stop by! Thank you!


 

Saturday, October 10, 2026

At the Italian Heritage Parade

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel adds her own spin to the Shrewsbury Street Italian Heritage Parade on Sunday, Oct. 11, starting at noon.


 

Saturday, October 3, 2026

A day at Webster Square Plaza

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel travels back to the debut of Webster Square Plaza in October 1958.


 

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Apples of her eyes at Brookfield Orchards

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel employs her own approach to apple harvesting at Brookfield Orchards.


 

Saturday, September 19, 2026

A change of scenery for autumn

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel creates her own change of scenery with the arrival of autumn.


 

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Channel 14 is on the air!

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel tells us about WWOR-TV Channel 14, Worcester's first TV station--with a sequel to follow.


 

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Packing it in for another summer

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel adds a finishing touch as another summer draws to a Labor Day close.


 

Saturday, August 29, 2026

As summer vacation floats away


In the weekend Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel watches her summer break from school float away.

 

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Entering play zone

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel's request for a reconfigured Worcester sidewalk is happily obliged.


 

Saturday, August 15, 2026

In praise of Jay's

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel pays a visit across time to the late, great Jay's 5, 10, and $1 Store on Highland Street.


 

Saturday, August 8, 2026

At the Worcester Italian Festival

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy strike it lucky at the Worcester Italian Festival Aug. 13 to 16 on Massasoit Road.


 

Saturday, August 1, 2026

"It's a bird, it's a plane..."

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette. our girl Laurel dreams a world after Worcester's Movies on the Common on Aug. 13.


 

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Believe it or don't in Leominster

In the weekend Telegram & Gazette, Uncle Timmy registers good-natured skepticism over our girl Laurel's new-found friend at Leominster State Forest.


 

Saturday, July 18, 2026

At the Disney concert in Institute Park

In the weekend Telegram & Gazette, the stars align for our girl Laurel's wish at the Mass. Symphony Salute to Disney concert Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Institute Park.


 

 

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Big business

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel corners the lemonade market on a hot Worcester day.


 

Saturday, July 4, 2026

"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. 


 

Saturday, June 27, 2026

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!