With gun violence elsewhere roiling the nation, Ben Hewitt sets out to better understand his firearms-friendly state.
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The executive director of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire has made it her life’s work to share a more complete history of her home state.
Catching up with Joe Yonan, the national food and dining expert and featured Weekends with Yankee guest.
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Silly Putty | Up Close
How a useless goo called Silly Putty shape-shifted into one of America’s classic toys.
By Kevin Koczwara I spit out the first oyster I ate. I was a teenager. What is that? I thought as it slithered across my tongue. Slimy. Its liquid reminded me of when the ocean splashed into my mouth. Over time, though, I watched people devour them, and wondered what made those bivalve mollusks so […]
Celebrating a timeless holiday ritual in a perfect North Country setting.
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A Christmas Loon
Hemmed in by December ice, a stranded bird inspires hopes of a holiday miracle.
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Don’t-Miss Performances in Central Massachusetts
An all-star lineup of comedy, music, and family fun promises to keep things lively all the way into the new year.
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Collision Course
To save endangered whales, New England’s iconic lobster industry is facing unpopular and possibly dangerous changes.
In Maine’s Aroostook County, everyone chips in during fall potato harvest.
The most perfect day of the year will most likely arrive in late September, though it’s also been known to come sometime in October. Last year it was October 21, if memory serves, but it had been an unusually warm summer; the creeks had been running low all fall, and it wasn’t until the middle […]
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Changing Landscapes | Inside Yankee
In the last days of September 1978, I joined a potato harvest crew on Donald Gallagher’s farm in northern Aroostook County, Maine. I worked for 40 cents a barrel. To fill a barrel you bent over, put a basket between your legs, and picked potatoes with both hands. After only an hour my legs had […]