Okay, So Who Was the First to Fry a Clam? I feel pretty certain as to who was the first to EAT a clam. But as to frying one, well, there seems to be a difference of opinion… We can be proud of those among our New England ancestors who first ate or first cooked […]
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by Cindy Anderson It was the Friday before Mother’s Day, sunny, the first big event of the season at the New Hampshire International Speedway (NHIS). Vendors traded briskly. T-shirts, caps, die-cast cars. Buy your favorite driver here. After breakfast, inhabitants of the RV campsite — several thousand pioneers who would reconstruct their town a dozen […]
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Ask Historic New England | June 2018
Is there a way to install carpeting on my stairs without damaging the historic wood? —Heather M., Peterborough, NH Modern carpet tack strips, used to install wall-to-wall carpeting, can cause considerable damage to historic floors and stair treads. They create countless holes, and when removed they gouge the floorboards. A less destructive method involves securing […]
I desperately wanted a cow, but what I got was a lot more than I ever expected.
Any town that can serve up more than 20,000 pounds of lobster in less than a week deserves a reputation for feeding its guests well. The annual Maine Lobster Festival, however, is only one small part of the foodie allure of Rockland, ME. Restaurants here in this midcoast Maine village are as eclectic as the […]
From mountain biking to zip lining, check off those bucket list activities with these guided adventure trips in New England.
Dublin, NH (April 2018) — From Cape Cod to the White Mountains to the Maine coast, Yankee’s annual Best of New England summer travel guide (May/June 2018) is filled with inspiration for the ultimate New England summer getaway. With more than 200 recommendations from the experts at Yankee, the issue is chock-full of the best […]
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2018 Editors’ Picks for Shopaholics
A curated look at some of the best tent sales in New England.
From solo hikes to guided adventures, here are some of our favorite ideas for foodies in New England.
A curated look at this summer’s arts and culture offerings.
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The Last Explorer
Christina Tree’s travel writing has shown New England to the world. And after 50 years, she’s still hitting the road in search of new adventures because, as she puts it, “I never wanted to be left behind.”
For as long as there have been coffee tables, it seems, there have been New England coffee table books. With the subject itself doing much of the heavy lifting—providing glowing fall foliage, romantic lighthouses, and neat-as-a-pin town greens—photographers have flocked to this area as persistently as gulls. Native son Arthur Griffin, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, […]