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Artist Laura Turgeon is Drawing The Town

South Avenue South Park
November 2010

It took years of legal tangling, but finally earlier this year a judge ruled that property on the harbor at the end of South Avenue was rightfully owned by the Town Of Oriental. In August the fence came down, and since then there have been multiple operations to clean it up. First with heavy machinery – and more recently citizen volunteers got together to further the clean up. What the town will do with the harborfront property is now a subject of discussion. Some folks hope for a dock – a second Town Dock for example.

It may need a name. Many of us have taken the concept of a park and combined it with South Avenue. It just flows off your tongue… South Park.




This months Laura drawing borrows from the scene at the recent clean up. You might even recognize a character or two…


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Laura Turgeon and her husband Gil Fontes live in Oriental. When they are not out looking at boats Laura and Gil are often seen with drawing instruments or paint brushes in hand. More of Laura's work can be found at her site LauraTurgeon.com.