When Chester Greenwood of Farmington, Maine, received a new pair of ice skates on Christmas morning (quite an expensive gift in 1873), all he could think of was his ears. “They’ll start aching. They always ache when I’m out in the cold too long,” he complained. His mother suggested wrapping a scarf around his head, […]
Along the Kennebec River lies Hallowell, Maine, a town where the cafés, the people, and the music create what locals call their “New Orleans of the North.”
A Belmont, Massachusetts, artist transforms her two-story condo into an eclectic home that’s especially festive during the holidays.
We asked Henry Traverso, author of The Art Lover’s Pocket Guide, to share his choices for the 5 best small museums in New England.
Think of New England food and a few key ingredients will come to mind: corn, molasses, seafood, maple syrup, blueberries. Yes, cranberries, too, but few restaurants specialize in them. And no, apples aren’t native to our shores (only crabapples). The others, often in combination, are the cornerstones of classic New England dishes such as johnnycakes […]
By the late 1960s, there hadn’t been wild turkeys in New Hampshire for more than a century. Then wildlife biologist Ted Walski came along.
With November’s arrival, we have reached the final New England Fall Foliage Report of 2014 at Yankee Magazine. With the exception of downtown Boston proper, and the far southwestern corner of Connecticut, the fall colors have either faded or fallen around New England. After the rush of autumn activity, the fairgrounds are shuttered, the orchards […]
As the calendar flips to November, we find that New Engand’s fall foliage has move past peak across about ninety-five percent of the region’s reach. Varying degrees of lingering color certainly still catch the eye, but so too did the beautiful crescent moon setting between the bare trees across my yard last night. It’s a […]
Over the course of an otherwise bright and beautiful day Sunday this past weekend, a gusty northwest breeze slowly stripped my neighbor’s beautiful flame-orange maple down to its winter skeleton. It was the brightest I had seen this particular tree in years, but its maximum glow lasted only a few short days. It is how […]
And the views of Penobscot Bay are spectacular … [slideshow post_id=”563365″] You’re not familiar with the town of Bayside? Well, we’d have to say it’s one of the Maine coast’s hidden treasures. Located three miles south of Belfast and 16 miles north of Camden, Bayside was created in the late 19th century as a Wesleyan […]
When a critical mass of New England fine dining restaurants began listing local farms on their menus about ten years ago, it seemed like the most obvious, overdue idea in the world. Rather than buying anonymous commodity products from national suppliers, chefs were buying vegetables or seafood or sometimes meat from local sources. Maybe it […]
Three professional furniture restorers take us treasure-hunting at Todd Farm, showing us how to turn one man’s trash into flea-market gold. [slideshow post_id=”563558″] On a damp and chilly October morning, in the still-dusky dawn, more than 200 vendors set up their booths at Todd Farm Antiques & Flea Market in Rowley, Massachusetts. They return Sunday […]
