Dear Yankee July/August 2016

Connections

Just after receiving my first issue of Yankee, I had to write to express my gratitude for helping me reconnect to my New England roots, and I have my cousin Sue C. to thank also. She’s a longtime and dedicated reader of your magazine, and I can see why! My family moved from New Hampshire when I was 8, but my ancestral connections are strongly tied to New England. My dad was born in Leominster, Mass.; Granddad was born in Fitchburg, Mass.; and cousin Sue in Hopkinton, Mass. Sue still lives in Massachusetts and enjoys teasing me when she’s enjoying lobster rolls and all the other wonderful New England delights. Although life has taken me all the way across the country, I still consider myself a “meat and potatoes” New England girl. Reconnecting with Sue nearly 45 years after our families lost contact with each other was a godsend, and the Yankee subscription that she gave me is surely a little slice of heaven!

Lorry Cahill Thomas Felton, California

From the editors …

Victory for Pipeline Opponents

On April 21, residents in southern New Hampshire and western Massachusetts woke up to the surprising and welcome news that energy giant Kinder Morgan had suspended its plan to build a nearly 200-mile natural-gas pipeline across New England, from a point west of Albany, New York, to Dracut, Massachusetts. In our January/February issue we wrote about the project and the complexities surrounding it (“Power Struggles,” p. 108).

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