In the seaside neighborhood of Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine, the battle between public and private beach access is playing out with an intensity that threatens to fracture the community.
Ian Aldrich
Since Yankee’s start in 1935, our pages have explored how are roots and where we come from, define who we are. Now, for the first time we’ve assembled some of our favorite sense of place stories into a single collection for an exclusive, iPad-only iPad issue. It’s a varied mix, 23 stories in all. Some will […]
Learn how a Maine couple added a budget DIY screened-in porch to their new home without subtracting too much from their wallet.
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Our perfect Martha’s Vineyard daytrip starts with a carousel and lighthouse, and ends with lobster rolls and the quintessential island sunset. But that’s not all…read on to learn our picks for the perfect summer day on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. If only the day were endless … MORNING: Your journey begins on a boat. Catch the 9:30 a.m. Steamship […]
In the middle of the 19th century, when America was still a farming nation, more than 250,000 miles of stone walls coursed through New England and New York. Over the last 40 years, starting with his family’s business and now on his own, Kevin Gardner has rebuilt some of that old fencing. “For me,” he […]
Massachusetts
Nantucket’s Daffodil Festival
Spring can be a funny business in New England. You’re loading up the wood stove one day, and the next, you’re desperately searching for a pair of shorts so you can get out in the garden. It’s winter and then it’s not. No place perhaps knows how to embrace the “not” part better than Nantucket. […]
Bill Rodgers knows marathons. In the 1970s and early 1980s, no other runner dominated the sport as he did. He won both the Boston and New York City races four times and became the first American marathoner to break the 2:10 mark. These days, Rodgers, 65, is still running (it’s half-marathons these days)and still spreading […]
“This is work I’ve always known. Where I grew up in Arkansas, my parents had a small auction and antiques shop. During our childhood my sister and I were dragged to auctions and flea markets. I remember thinking, I’m never going to do this. But then when I was in college, Sotheby’s sold all the […]
Massachusetts
Saturday at the New England Aquarium
What happens when you bring a quizzical two-year-old to a museum stocked full of exotic marine life? Simple but direct demands like, “Open it.” As in, open the tank and let’s all start playing with the fish and sea lions. On a recent Saturday, as Boston was absorbing a full on crush of holiday shoppers, […]
The lady needs an electric can opener. It’s a Thursday morning at Wilson’s Department Store in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and, so far at least, a quiet one at the 130-year-old downtown landmark. On one floor there’s a woman in search of a button-down shirt for her son; another, one floor above her, looking at jewelry. Then […]
In woods and fields, a trio of sturdy Belgian draft horses are New Hampshire farmer John Hutton’s most trusted partners.