Scenes from an unexpected ice storm in December 2008 that caused remarkable hardship for thousands of New Englanders without power and heat.
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Design
Stocking Stuffers
1. A handcrafted wool stocking ($30) makes the stuff inside more special. Swell Company, Parsonsfield, ME. 207-793-2700; swellcompany.com 2. Inspiration sticks to the fridge if you’ve got a colorful, quirky magnet ($5.50). Curly Girl Design, Belmont, MA. 617-484-9502; curlygirldesign.com 3. Cocoa butter lip balms ($5) come in a tasty array of flavors. Badger Co., Gilsum, […]
Touro Synagogue, the oldest temple in America, is a Newport, Rhode Island treasure.
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Eilen Jewell | Music Review
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 at home and wondering where home is and do I ever […]
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Timeline of Lowell History
c. 1600: Passaconaway, a Pennacook chief living at Pawtucket Falls, emerges as leader of the Merrimack Valley’s native peoples. 1635: English settlers move into the valley. 1652: The area called Wamesit, between the Merrimack and Concord rivers, is declared Indian territory.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 1655: Chelmsford is chartered […]
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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,” […]
A meticulously restored Boston Brownstone provides the perfect setting for holiday family festivities.
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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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Black on White, Ink on Paper
The debut of Evolution of a Shared Vision: The David and Barbara Stahl Collection at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire (September 26 to January 3, 2010) reminds me of the Temple Beth-El art shows in Portland, Maine, in the 1960s. Before there was a contemporary art scene in Portland there were […]
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Joel Babb’s Real World
Joel Babb possesses that preternatural ability to paint complex visual realities both with high fidelity and poetic expression. Hyperrealism is an aesthetic not always valued on the contemporary art scene these days but one he shares with a handful of other fine painters of Maine, among them Richard Estes, Linden Frederick, and Alan Magee. In […]