Learn more about the steamboat Ticonderoga, a popular attraction at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. Launched in 1906, the Ticonderoga (or the Ti, for those who knew it well) was a state-of-the-art side-wheel steamer that transported passengers, freight, and cars—even an elephant once—on Lake Champlain, cruising at 23 miles per hour; only trains could […]
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Welcome to New England, home of culinary creativity … and more than a few oddities.
There were cows and calves aplenty on their dairy farm when Diane Young was a girl growing up in South Albany, Vt., but for some reason her baby brother Alan had his heart set on getting a lamb. One day their father relented and brought home the pined for lamb, but it was white, and […]
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Podunk | Lexicon
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Podunk can refer to any “small, unimportant, and isolated town.” But according to Indian Place Names of New England, “Podunk” is literally translated as “a place where the foot sinks in” and is a real place — a former village and pond in Worcester County, Massachusetts. East Brookfield now owns […]
Every June 1 since 1950, Dave Webster and his boat have confirmed the start of another season for residents of Great Pond, Maine. Excerpt from “The Summer Mailboat,” Yankee Magazine June 1988 Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe In 1943, the summer Dave Webster turned 15, he began delivering mail […]
When Yankee’s editor-in-chief, Jud Hale, decided it was time to sell Liberty Street, the family lake house, his three sons came together to share their special memories of the place.
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How to Resize Digital Photos
You took that shiny new camera out of the box and started using it. Maybe you went through the user manual once, set the camera the way you want it, and forgot it. Picture size? Who cares, they look great, right? Well, maybe. Photos should be sized to fit the way they’re going to be […]
Sheep shearing and counting the lambs on an isolated Maine island honors both legendary matriarch Jenny Cirone and a tradition of caring for the land and its four-legged inhabitants. “One ewe!” shouts Alfie Wakeman over the din of shrieking gulls and the baa-ing of nearly 200 sheep, as he cradles a lamb in his arms. […]
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Shad | Poor Man’s Salmon
Nobody loves shad more than the citizens of Windsor, Connecticut, who hold the Shad Derby to celebrate its return the third Saturday in May with dances, parades, and an immoderate amount of eating. Yankee Classic: “In Praise of Poor Man’s Salmon,” Yankee Magazine, May 1991 The shad? They’re always here. By the time it ‘s […]
Read an excerpt: The Price of Malice When Archer Mayor published his first murder mystery about Joe Gunther of the Brattleboro, Vermont, police force, I wondered how long he could keep it up. There aren’t many murders in Vermont. I figured he’d have to start killing people in other states to keep Joe busy, and […]
Did penguins really land on Plymouth Rock? Historical details are important, aren’t they?
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Yankee Magazine Cover | June 1982
“Sanderling,” oil on linen by Kib Bramhall.