Celebrating New England’s best cheeses, meats, jams, sweets, and other gift-worthy treats in Yankee Magazine’s annual food awards.
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Did you know that earmuffs were invented in Maine by Chester Greenwood in 1873? Learn more about the history of these “vintage toasters.”
An appreciation of Car Talk’s four decades of good advice, bad jokes, and living by the motto non impediti ratione cogitationis.
A story about spending months of planning for the birth of your first child—and then, late one frosty autumn night, seeing it all go out the window.
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A Movable Forest
For a hard-luck Vermont farm couple, bringing Christmas trees to the big city takes grit, perseverance, and just a touch of “secret sauce.”
From tours of decked-out historic houses to holiday parades and bazaars, these top New England holiday events are worth the drive.
Jonathan Meath has been making personal appearances as Santa for more than a decade, including for Coca-Cola. We asked him to share what it takes.
A collection of interesting facts and figures about the Von Trapp Family, famed singers and owners of the Von Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT.
Stephen King (born September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine). Following on the heels of his 70th birthday this year—and the release of the big-screen adaptation of his novel It—Halloween seems a fitting time to celebrate Maine’s horror master.
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Flight of Fancy | Knowledge & Wisdom
Why a rural New England ramble always takes a bit longer than you’d think.
Our annual celebration of extraordinary New Englanders honors a Maine couple on a mission to put the great outdoors within everyone’s reach and a Massachusetts mother working to connect, support, and empower parents of seriously ill children.
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Half Buried | Mary’s Farm
Credit: Clare Owen/i2iArt Last fall, I was pruning the lilacs that grow on the east side of my barn. Since they are easily 15 feet tall, this is not a simple task, and it requires the use of a ladder. I was making good progress, taking away the old growth to let the new shoots […]