Chloe(the dog in the picture) is giving a cute face that says,”ooohhh yey scrach me right there.”
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New England
US/Canadian Border Crossings in New England
Writer Edie Clark traveled the New England section of the US/Canadian border for an article in the March/April 2009 Yankee and shared these photos of the trip. What was once the “friendliest border” has become deadly serious, she notes. Read her story: United States/Canadian Border See also YANKEE CLASSIC January 1984: US/Canadian Border Crossings
New England
$42 Tickets at Killington
Hot off my email inbox… If you ask me, $42 for a day of skiing at Killington is sweet. And, fresh snow is very sweet too. So, go get both now (or fresh snow now and a ticket deal starting Feb. 23). KILLINGTON, Vt. (February 20, 2009) — Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and […]
This past Sunday I drove west about 30 miles, to Brattleboro, Vermont, where the best of what a core group of people in a community can do was on full display. From the early 1920s, when outdoor visionary Fred Harris, founder of both the Brattleboro Outing Club and the Dartmouth Outing Club, brought Brattleboro to […]
New England
Waiting in the Singles Line
My parents met in a lift line at Stowe Mountain. I know they are not the only people who fell in love at a ski resort. In fact, my brother and his wife first set eyes on one another during a pre-season ski patrol meeting at Sugarbush, VT. And my boyfriend’s sister met her husband […]
New England
Black History Month and Black Heritage Trails
February is Black History Month and New England’s history is linked with the African-American experience in many ways. Have you been on the Black Heritage Trail, a walking tour of Boston’s Beacon Hill? Chances are you haven’t, but you’ll find historic brick buildings, cobble-stoned paths, and surprising history. Find a reason to stay in these […]
My niece Emma is learning how to fly-fish. Her 8-year-old body sways against a summer sky. Her arms memorize the to-and-fro of the cast, the feel of fishing line gliding across her palm as she launches it skyward. Nearby, adventure guide Josh Hardt watches his pupils–Emma and her father, Paul. After an hour’s tutorial, they’re […]
What happens when sleeping roads wake up? Do they become beauties or nightmares? Vermont is about to find out. Until recently, the state’s sleeping roads had been hibernating in a dormant law that says that any road ever established by a town remains a town road unless it has been officially discontinued. That sounds innocuous, […]
SLIDE SHOW: Tim Llewellyn photos of Obama campaign in New Hampshire VIDEO: Tim Llewellyn’s interview on Maine’s TV news magazine “207”. I remember sitting in my American history class in school, glazing over at the names and dates, never internalizing the fact that both belonged to real flesh-and-blood people. So much mythology surrounded these figures […]
Travel
United States/Canada Border
No roads follow the neat borderline between New England and Canada that you see on the map. Instead, you have to traverse, back and forth, in and out of Canada–a rough stitch that has pulled the two countries together since before either of them was a nation. This is the story of that line–a line […]
Connecticut
Last Green Valley: Northeastern Connecticut
The Last Green Valley in northeastern CT (and MA): An oasis of peace old-time nostalgia. Trails to hike, places to stay, meals to eat, gifts to buy, and what to do with the kids. When You Go —Yankee-recommended places to hike, stay, eat, and shop in Connecticut’s Last Green Valley. The skies don’t lie. From […]
New England
College Art Museums: Top 5 in New England
We asked critic Edgar Allen Beem, author of Yankee’s art blog, “Just Looking,” to name the five best college art museums in New England. After “weeks of soul searching” (and omitting the obvious giants, such as Harvard and Yale), he made his choices. Bowdoin College Museum of Art Brunswick, ME This McKim, Mead & White […]