“Charlie on the MTA” was written for the 1948 campaign of Boston’s Progressive Party candidate for mayor, but the phrase means something else today.
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The Old Farmer’s Almanac is 225 years old this month. So maybe it’s time to reveal how we do our weather forecasting and how we do not. The amazing thing is that the Almanac has never missed a single year since it first appeared in the fall of 1792, when George Washington was still President. […]
The top fall events in New England, from cranberries to roots music, plus country fairs, harvest festivals, and other don’t-miss seasonal celebrations.
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Dear Yankee | Our Readers Respond
Our favorite letters, Facebook posts, Instagram comments, and tweets from readers like you.
Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano found elegance and beauty in everyone he captured.
Christine Hadsel of Vermont’s Curtains Without Borders is on a mission to repair and restore a historic American resource: the classic artistry of painted theater drapes.
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The Conscience of a Chief
When tragedy rocked a small Vermont town, Police Chief Frank Koss broke the rules of what you’re supposed to do and say.
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The Two Worlds of Bill De La Rosa
Few people knew what was driving a young man to become one of the most honored college students in America.
“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.” —Ruth Gordon Jones (born October 30, 1896, in Quincy, Massachusetts; died 1985 in Edgartown, Massachusetts). Although most famous to today’s audiences for her performance in the 1971 cult classic movie Harold and Maude, Ruth Gordon enjoyed a 70-year career as both a stage and […]
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Ben’s Pumpkins
A child’s fascination with an orange squash became a life’s pursuit. Learn more about Ben’s Pumpkins in East Hardwick, Vermont.
Facts and trivia about the Hurricane of 1938, the most powerful hurricane on record to hit New England.
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Journeys | Inside Yankee
Fall brings visitors to New England by the tens of thousands. And no, I’m not speaking here about the leaf peepers who tour during the short, spectacular weeks of color, but the more than 60,000 foreign students who come to New England’s colleges each September. And, also, the thousands of other ethnically and economically diverse […]