General Information & Advocacy American Lyme Disease Foundation, Lyme, CT Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT. 203-974-8485 (Tick Management Handbook)Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Greater Hartford Lyme Disease Support & Action Group, Farmington, CT Lyme […]
14 Maine communities boasting dog-friendly beaches: Bar Harbor, Biddeford, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Ogunquit, Old Orchard Beach, Portland, Saco, Scarborough, South Portland, Stockton Springs, Wells, and York 6 number of the nation’s 28 most important estuaries that are located in New England 1,530 weight in pounds of a shortfin mako shark harpooned 13 miles off the […]
Controversy over the management of chronic Lyme disease has split the medical community in two. At the national level, one side is led by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA, based in Alexandria, Virginia), a professional association of specialist physicians and researchers whose guidelines for diagnosis and treatment have been adopted by the Centers […]
In the Absence of Words I arrived at Gonzaga: Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester, Massachusetts, at low tide and sunset. Behind the large house, a Jesuit-run spiritual center since 1958, kelp beds were aglow with the day’s last light. Inside, the ocean smells gave way to those of dinner: pork, potatoes, and corn on […]
Of course, no holiday table is complete without a vessel with which to serve the gravy. Woodbury Pewter’s gravy boat ($57.50) is lightweight and easy to handle when pouring. If you prefer better portion control, also choose the 1-ounce ladle ($19.50). Both items are made in Woodbury, Connecticut, of lead-free pewter with a satin finish. […]
L.L. Bean: 4:48 a.m. It’s nearly 5 a.m. and you’re standing at the gateway to Maine’s North Woods. Well, actually you’re wandering through the hunting and fishing annex of the vast L.L. Bean retail empire in Freeport, joined by bleary-eyed, coffee-fueled hunters who have been driving all night from Connecticut and New York and have […]
Most cast-iron door stops you’ll find today were likely made in America sometime between the turn of the last century and 1940. Perhaps the only things more welcoming than open doors are the brightly colored cast-iron door stops holding them ajar. Like the best collectibles, these seemingly indestructible household objects are as visually appealing as […]
Last month, we wondered why Henry Wadsworth Longfellow omitted the name of Paul Revere’s horse in his famous poem that begins, “Listen my children and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” After all, every horse has a name. Well, now it turns out that’s not the only reason New Englanders […]
Sometimes the most rewarding travel comes in unexpected places. Learn more about these four Vermont gems: Montgomery, Vergennes, Norwich, and Newfane.
By Carol Cambo Get map of this trip. Yankee‘s driving tour of Litchfield County in the northwest corner of Connecticut follows a 56-mile tour in a counter-clockwise direction, beginning in the town of Litchfield and a visit to nearby Goshen to meet the animals of Action Wildlife.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! […]
As dawn broke over the lake this morning, your daughter caught her first perch. A few hours later, your son paddled to Loon Island with a new friend while you read several chapters (in one sitting!) of a novel you’d been meaning to start for years. At dusk, after a gourmet lobster bake, you and […]
The older I get, the more I crave good, strong help. In this quest, I’ve encountered some frustrations. I once hired a young man to help in the garden, and after an hour or so, I looked out the window and saw him sprawled on the ground. Thinking he had hurt himself or passed out, […]
