Shep and Linnette Erhart, of Franklin, Maine, were back-to-the-landers in the 1970s, eating macrobiotically and gagging on the cost of the imported seaweed in their daily miso soup. While picnicking Down East one day, they spotted some seaweed that looked similar. “We took some home and put it in our soup pot,” Shep recalls. “Delicious.” […]
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Emilia Dahlin | Music Review
From the opening licks of Emilia Dahlin’s “God Machine,” it’s clear that she’s something special. In a region flooded with singer/songwriters, she stands out with clever storytelling, crisp melodies, and an undeniable passion. She excels at sending her listeners on journeys, and she can bend her acoustic guitar to meet the genre that fits the […]
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Make-A-Wish Contacts in New England
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is dependent upon finding volunteers with a wide array of skill sets (kids can come up with some unique wishes). Anyone who can do anything can do something to help. If you’re interested, please contact your state office: Connecticut 877-203-9474, 203-261-9044 ct.wish.org Maine 800-491-3171, 207-236-3171 mainewish.org Massachusetts 617-367-9474 mass.wish.org New Hampshire 603-623-9474 […]
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Ski Resorts in Summer
Looking for scenery, endless activities, few crowds, and family fun? New England’s ski resorts may be the best summer and autumn destinations around. And the best bargains. Here is a sampling of ski resorts that have transformed into summer destinations. Remember to look on your favorite ski resort’s web site for summer and fall packages. […]
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Paper Trails
I’m one of those people who keep things long after I’ve ceased to need them. For instance, my raw material for stories has long been the daily newspapers that come into the office from all corners of New England. I pore over the Maine Sunday Telegram, the Providence Journal; the Hartford Courant; the Cape Cod […]
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Five Favorite New England Inns
Finest Summer “Cottage” Inn at Shelburne Farms 1611 Harbor Road Shelburne, VT 802-985-8498 (inn) 802-985-8686 (farm) shelburnefarms.org As I drive directly into the setting sun, the entry posts appear as two shimmering blurs. My vision clears, but the illusion of passing through the pearly gates persists. “Welcome to Shelburne Farms,” the gatekeeper says, advising that […]
Fish & Seafood
Clambake on Prudence Island
SLIDESHOW: Clambake Read more:Yankee‘s tips for a clambake Find a clambake company Nearly three decades ago, in October 1980, Yankee ran a festive story about the Day family and their annual clambake on Prudence Island — a mostly summer community located in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. Bill and Sue Day are the backbone of this […]
Randy Spencer sits on the porch of his 80-year-old log camp on the shores of West Grand Lake in eastern Maine, and points to a rocky promontory just beyond the guest cottage. “That’s Moot Point over there,” he quips. That’s the kind of humor you might expect from a fishing guide who’s also a singer, […]
To say Dick Pulsifer makes boats is to say Stradivari made fiddles. Every year for the past three decades, he has painstakingly crafted an average of three finely made small boats, plank by plank, at his modest workshop outside Brunswick. And these beguilingly simple boats — he’ll be completing #104 in 2008 — are treasured […]
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Jill Hoy, Painter, Stonington, Maine
Come summer, meeting a Maine artist is no problem. Meeting a good one can be. If you want to meet a real artist in a real Maine fishing village, you definitely want to stop by to see Jill Hoy in her Stonington gallery. Jill’s paintings are joyous celebrations of everything we love about Maine: the […]
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Connecticut Foliage Driving Tour
THERE’S A PERFECTLY good reason why Nathan (“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”) Hale came from northeastern Connecticut. Settled a generation after the rest of New England’s colonizing along the coastline and the Connecticut River Valley, this area became home to many ex-Massachusetts families looking for more […]
Contemporary Collaborations: Artist and Master Printer at the Portland Museum of Art features fine art prints by 30 artists who worked with master printers to create lithographs, serigraphs, etchings, aquatints, silkscreens, monotypes and mixed media multiples of all kinds. Most if not all of the artists have Maine connections, but this is by no means […]