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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Pairings
To respond, click on the link below. You will come to our Feedback page. Step 1. Fill in “Pairings” as the subject. Step 2. Fill in your name and e-mail address. Step 3. Type your answer in the box. Please include your city and state with your answer. Good luck! The clues: First: Tree-cutting legend […]
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Mary’s Farm | The Ice Storm
A first-hand account of the December 2008 ice storm that left 400,000 New Hampshire households without power.
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The Mystery of Marriage
This summer, I was set to attend five weddings and the last of them was last weekend. Lori and Dave, sweet young friends who met on match.com. So many weddings, all of them different. Only one took place in a church — another was beside Buzzard’s Bay, another in a chateau, another was at the […]
Though I have only been there twice, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, is one of my favorite New England art institutions, focused as it is on bring new art and recent trends to a wider audience. You can be pretty sure of finding art that will expand your awareness and appreciation of […]