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 […]
A few days ago, a young woman and a young man, one a college senior, the other a college junior, walked through the doors of Yankee for their first day as summer interns. Over my many years here, I’ve worked with dozens of interns and have never failed to learn from them, perhaps more over […]
We recently painted our house and found wood rot, which necessitated a lot of repair and replacement work on the clapboards. What can we do to prevent wood rot? — J.T., Swanzey, NH Homeowners should inspect for wood rot annually. This is a good time of the year to check the condition of exterior trim, […]
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 […]
Today, I’m experiencing what I refer to as “Yankee spin.” As a monthly magazine, we can’t turn information around as quickly as, say, a daily newspaper or even a weekly magazine. We work hard to bring you stories that are in season. The front of the magazine has the most contemporary information, since we can […]
The Tullers have been working this same land since 1768. Now they’ve taken the venerable “do it simple, do it well” philosophy to their latest crop: gourmet ice cream. Using only real fruit puree and 16 percent butterfat, they mix up more than 50 flavors named matter-of-factly after the ingredients in them (“Red Raspberry with […]
When the red-coated ranks of British regulars tramped westward from Boston on the fateful morning of April 19, 1775, little did they know that they were about to catapult the sleepy village of Concord, Massachusetts into the history books. The British captured the rebels’ stores of ammunition and flour and dumped the lot into the […]
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 […]
Welcome to the June 2008 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. Anyone Ever See a Sailing Ship on Fire? We love taking the Point Judith Ferry (Galilee, Rhode Island) out to Block Island, and so do […]
There are some things you can do to save money on your travel and food expenses and still see New England. In fact, New England could be the perfect destination. Listen to Yankee editor Mel Allen’s frugal tips for spending time, not gas money, in New England. See food editor Annie B. Copps on NECN’s […]
Yankee‘s food editor Annie B. Copps has these 10 tips for travelers: 1. Bring a cooler with you and pack snacks and beverages. 2. Eat your big meal at lunch. 3. Eat seasonal foods.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 4. Ask the locals (or cab drivers) for recommendations and avoid […]
Excerpt from Yankee Magazine May 1983 On Memorial Day in Fairfield, Connecticut, when the parade and the speeches are over, Michael Daly drives along Long Island Sound and later heads north to towns where nobody knows him, and he does not come home until dark. “He really mourns,” his wife Maggie says. “Everybody else is […]
