Why a rural New England ramble always takes a bit longer than you’d think.
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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
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 come in more […]
In his new book, Vanishing Vermonters, writer and photographer Peter Miller both honors Vermont and captures a side of his home state he fears we may be losing.
I’ve seen houses with an outside door in the living room and been told it’s a “coffin door.” What does that mean? —James T., Portland, ME Features of old houses often acquire colorful names, and “coffin door” is one of these. Most frequently associated with 18th and early 19th-century houses in Connecticut, the coffin door […]
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Kale | In Season
Kale’s season is not limited to late fall. This cold-hardy and stalwart vegetable grows—in the field or in cold frames—all year round, supplying much-needed local produce to New Englanders in winter. But nothing tastes quite as good as field-grown kale in late fall, when a bit of frost concentrates its sweetness and draws out its […]
In rural communities, the value of something can take many forms.
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Homecoming | A Thousand Words
When is a high school football game more than just a high school football game? When it involves the Massachusetts islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. In the November/December issue of Yankee, we tell the tale of this storied contest, officially known as the Island Cup and largely considered the most important game of the […]
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WGBH BOSTON AND YANKEE MAGAZINE TEAM UP FOR SEASON TWO OF CAPTIVATING SERIES WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE
Previewing Season Two of Weekends with Yankee with Executive Producer Laurie Donnelly BOSTON, MA (September 27, 2017) – Weekends with Yankee, the public television travel and lifestyle series featuring New England, has been tapped for a second season. Public-media powerhouse WGBH and Yankee magazine, the iconic publication that inspired the series, announced today that 13 half-hour episodes […]
A week on a guided foliage tour shows off not only New England but a bit of human nature, too.
Tour a lighthouse, sample chowder, explore your Celtic roots, and more, at these top picks for New England fall events.
Re-creating a recipe from memory…when the memory isn’t yours.