One day in 1948 a woman named Mary H. Sullivan became the very first Framingham Heart Study participant. More than 11,000 participants later, the people of Framingham, Massachusetts, 21 miles down the Mass. Turnpike from Boston, still troop along to the clinic to be studied. In all these years, the Heart Study has never treated […]
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Gruesome images today of refugees, fleeing poverty and war in North Africa and the Middle East, only to drown in Mediterranean waters, are arousing horror and sympathy around the world. European governments are faced with painful decisions: How many can they take in without being overwhelmed? The crisis is a reminder that New England has […]
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Bill Staines | New England’s Gifts
I first saw Bill Staines perform at The Folkway in Peterborough, New Hampshire. It was 1979, and my sister, Anita, had come from Boston to visit me in Dublin, where I had just moved. Bill Staines was tall and lean; he wore a cowboy hat with jeans and boots, and his songs were like short […]
The change was abrupt. A cold front rushed through New England and temperatures dropped, as rain, and then snow, began to fall. After a generally warmer-than-normal autumn, it was rather shocking to be reminded that sometimes in New England, autumn means pulling out the winter hat and gloves! By Sunday morning, skies had cleared, but temperatures all across […]
A guide to some truly homegrown (and world-changing) New England plants. Photo/Art by Rose James When you travel down the aisles of your local supermarket, you’re seeing the products of thousands of years of food history. Some of that history began in New England. Plants like blueberry, cranberry, and maple were cultivated by Native Americans […]
More often than not, New England Flag & Banner flies under the radar, but this Watertown, Massachusetts, company, the country’s largest producer of custom, hand-sewn appliqué banners and flags, is responsible for some of New England’s most iconic sports imagery. Appliqué, a technique in which colored fabrics are layered, with sections cut away to reveal […]
We found a historic New England farmstead in New Boston, New Hampshire, featuring Moses Eaton stenciling, 105 acres, and a gorgeous pond.
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Fannie Farmer | New England’s Gifts
Fannie Farmer changed the world with a simple idea: that home cooking was a serious pursuit. Learn more, plus our take on 4 favorite recipes.
Design historians usually give credit for the evolution of wicker furniture in America to a grocer named Cyrus Wakefield, who discovered a use for the strips of rattan he’d seen on the wharves in Boston.
Visit these homes of great writers in New England, and you’ll grasp how passion and place shaped phrases that still stir hearts and minds.
Well, some of the Best Legendary New England Sports Figures. In a region as rich in sporting tradition as New England, it’s tough put a limit on the number of legendary figures, so when we set out to include a few as gifts in our special 80th Anniversary Issue (“80 Gifts New England Gave to America,” September/October 2015), […]
Lovely weather and lighter crowds make late autumn the perfect time to visit Maine’s Chebeague Island Inn.