First, let me confess that in 30 years of writing about art in Maine and New England, I had never visited the Saco Museum in downtown Saco, Maine. My guess is that you haven’t either. If not, you should. In recent years the Saco Museum (known as the York Institute until 2000) has been mounting […]
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The Afterlife of Art
When painter Carlo Pittore died in 2005 at the age of 62, he left behind a lifetime of art in his Bowdoinham, Maine, studio. Artists naturally want their art to live on after them, but the fate of most posthumous art is to be packed away, scattered to the four winds, or even disposed of. […]
See Yankee‘s travel bargains in Maine Yankee recommends that you call ahead to confirm dates and times. MAY 15-17: FRYEBURG, Northern New England Home, Garden, and Flower Show. One of the largest events of its kind, with more than 250 exhibitors of indoor home- and garden-related products, plus outdoor exhibits, all at Fryeburg Fairgrounds. The […]
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Personal New England
Some of our favorite writers from the pages of Yankee write about the places they love in New England — and why they love them. Come with them and learn about Reid State Park (pictured here) in Georgetown, Maine; Wickenden Street in Providence, Rhode Island; Zealand Pond, New Hampshire; and Chatham, Massachusetts. All these and […]
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5. Multihoop Necklace
5. Maine natives (and sisters) Megan and Moria Flynn link circles of many shapes and sizes in their multihoop chain necklace ($128). M. Flynn Accessories, Boston, MA 617-292-0079; mflynnjewelry.com
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Portland, ME: Urban Park
I was with friends a couple of blocks off Portland‘s Back Cove, a little after 10 pm on a night when the last ferry home to Peaks Island was to depart at 10:30 pm. Getting here from the terminal on my bike had taken a little over half an hour, but that was at a […]
Reid State Park is a natural wonder unto itself, containing not only rocky tidepools, beaches, dunes, and salt marshes, but also a tidal lagoon. The first great thing about the lagoon in Reid State Park is that the waters there tend to be at least 10 to 15 degrees warmer than the numbing flow of […]
Maine’s ripe berries find a sweet home in our best cook’s kitchen, when Ruth’s Feeney whips up her recipe for blackberry jelly. On a warm August day, Ruth Feeney’s kitchen is fragrant with fresh blackberries. She’s making jelly from the berries she picked this morning over at the old family farm in Bryant Pond, Maine, […]
Retreat to the Island Isle au Haut, Maine, for a look at the classic center-chimney New England Cape home of author and lobsterman Linda Greenlaw.
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Pickle Recipe from the Best Cook
The May/June 2009 Best Cook, Ruth Feeney of Maine, shares this recipe for sour mustard pickles that was handed down from her mother. Now it has been handed to you. See below. YANKEE RECIPES: Click here for more than 70 recipes for pickles and preserves. RECIPEDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen […]
Looking for lodging on an island in Maine? Check in at Inn at Isle au Haut. Diana Santospago is best known among islanders for two things: her 1938 Pontiac named “Clydie,” which spends as much time on the side of the road awaiting repairs as it does actually on the road, and her superb cooking, […]
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Portland, ME, Weekend
Portland is a mix of things. It’s old and new; gritty and chic; polished and weathered: identities, all of them, that combine to give this city a flavor all its own. And although its working flavor remains, the Old Port has also been creatively re-imagined as a tourist hotspot, where you can pick up an […]