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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

As summer vacation floats away

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

 

Entering play zone

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

"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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

Big business

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

 

"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.

 

Picture this (and pictures at a Backyard Gallery)

In this weekend's Telegram & Gazette, our girl Laurel lends a colorful touch to a downtown Worcester landmark. She looks forward to seeing you at the first Cold Moon Arts Events Backyard Gallery from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at Vincent's Worcester, 49 Suffolk St., featuring over 20 local artists and crafters. Her latest book, pictured here, will be available, along with her book on Worcester history, previous books, original drawings, Christmas cards and more. Please stop by! Thank you!

 

Together in spirit on Mother's Day

In the Telegram & Gazette's weekend edition, our girl Laurel and her late mom are together in spirit on Mother's Day.