35 million Americans who claim descent from the original 102 Pilgrims 51 original colonists who survived that first New England winter, 1620-21 7 homes erected by colonists by the end of 1621, their first full year at Plymouth ColonyGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 252 feet (and 7 inches): height […]
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Eilen Jewell | Music Review
Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Musician Eilen Jewell is a ghost behind the microphone–a thin, blond wisp of a woman with a pair of probing doe eyes and a heart full of wanderlust. “Homesickness is kind of my muse,” she explains coolly. “I like that tension of not being […]
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Here in New England: Hard Work
When strangers taste Nancy Brown’s balsamic vinaigrette, they know it’s special. What they don’t know is just how special.
Paul Wainwright’s photographs of New England meetinghouses are caretakers of memory and history.
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Mayor of Fitchburg, MA: Lisa Wong
In November 2007, residents of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, overwhelmingly elected Lisa Wong, a 28-year-old political novice and the daughter of Chinese immigrants, as their first minority mayor in the city’s 243-year history. This November she’s running for re-election. “My parents left China in 1970. They came because they wanted to have a family and they wanted […]
In Newport, Rhode Island, a month-long tradition of giving and goodwill makes a memorable holiday getaway.
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VIDEO: Mel’s Foliage
Mel Allen, Yankee Magazine’s editor, reveals tips for viewing the best fall foliage.
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Modulating a Maine Modernist
Back in the 1950s, three artists lived in a building on 28th St. in New York City. Bernard “Blackie” Langlais lived and worked on the top floor. Alex Katz had a studio on the second floor. And Charles DuBack lived on the first floor above the street level lumberyard below. All three men attended the […]
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Lowell, MA: Poet Paul Marion
Mr. Alphonse Hudon, / wearing a blue parka and dress hat, / leans on his cane on Pawtucket Street, / checking the freshly tarred walk / and grove of short pines / along the Northern Canal. / “Looks good, doesn’t it?” I ask. / And he says, “I liked it better the way it was,” […]
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Antiques: Dolls
When I was 8 years old, my grandmother gave me a cloth doll for Christmas. Neither pretty nor fancy, she was plainly dressed in gingham, with yarn hair, button eyes, and a painted-on smile. She wasn’t exactly fun or exciting, and I didn’t play with her much. But long after my other childhood toys had […]
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Angels Among Us 2009
Yankee Magazine proudly recognizes the “Angels Among Us 2009.” Congratulations to these dedicated New Englanders who are making a difference!
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