Last fall we had a really persistent woodpecker pecking holes in the corner boards of our house. We’ve had the boards replaced, but we wondered if the bird will be back this spring. Why do they do this, and how can we keep them off our new corner boards? —Calvin A., Dublin, NH Woodpeckers drill […]
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A collection of images celebrating the simple beauty of the New England landscape from photographer Christopher Churchill.
The Newton family was camping at Coburn Gorge in northern Maine over Labor Day weekend in 1975 when Kurt, age 4, disappeared. What followed has been termed “the most extensive woods search in the history of Maine.” But all the thousands of volunteer searchers ever found were unanswered questions.
Lightly sweetened with maple syrup and molasses, these homemade baked beans are warming, flavorful, and (best of all) easy to make in the slow cooker.
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Nourishing the Arts | Best Things to Do in Worcester, MA
From the Worcester Art Museum to art education centers, performance art festivals, and multiple live music venues, here are some of the best things to do in Worcester, MA, for culture buffs.
Superstitions are actually so deeply ingrained in New England character that we seldom recognize them — or, for sure, admit to them.
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A Weekend in Worcester
Halfway between Cape Cod and the Berkshires, Worcester and the surrounding Central Massachusetts countryside are an ideal weekend getaway destination for families, foodies, brew hounds, outdoor enthusiasts, and those who love art or history.
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Team for the Ages
“That’s a lousy shot, Lou.” “I know,” responds University of Connecticut All-American Katie Lou Samuelson. “It started with a lousy pass,” adds coach Geno Auriemma, who uses a saltier word for lousy. “C’mon, guys. You can move. You can’t be standing around waiting for passes.”Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe […]
With his stunning portraits of New England’s wild places, Jerry Monkman creates both art and a call to action.
1836 Boston native Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes the essay “Nature,” which—in laying out the fundamentals of the philosophical movement he cofounded, Transcendentalism—describes the benefits of nature on the human soul. 1854Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Inspired by his experience of building and living in a cabin in the woods outside Concord, […]
The ProphetGeorge Perkins Marsh by Leath Tonino You know Henry David Thoreau and you know John Muir and you know Teddy Roosevelt. You probably have heard of Aldo Leopold (A Sand County Almanac), Rachel Carson (Silent Spring), and Edward Abbey (Desert Solitaire). These are the famous nature lovers of American history, the writer-thinker-preachers we credit […]
New England was built upon the coast. Its fate will depend upon how well we adapt to a future that can no longer be ignored. How rising seas are changing the New England coastline.