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The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce will hold the Third Annual Cape Cod Quahog Day, Tuesday, June 21, 3 p.m., at Aselton Park overlooking Hyannis Harbor in Hyannis, Mass. Doug, Cape Cod’s official Quahog (what a great name for a quahog!), will come out of hiding for the official “Quahog...
Catching a Pawtucket Red Sox Minor League Baseball game at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I., has “home run” written all over it. One of the great baseball game bargains in the free universe, you have access to an absolutely beautiful stadium where it seems like there’s not a bad seat...
No need to “shell” out lots of money for boiled lobster and lobster rolls at Markey’s Lobster Pool, a large seasonal seafood shack in coastal Seabrook, N.H. Last night, we paid $9.95 for a one lb. boiled lobster and $11.95 for a lobster roll packed and overflowing with lobster...
If you’re looking for a “cheap eats” breakfast and lunch place on Cape Cod, we believe that Grumpy’s Restaurant in East Dennis, Mass., will make you happy. This is the ultimate “home style” cooking place where the no frills atmosphere is warm, the wait staff friendly, and the very...
Editor’s note: last summer, I had the chance to visit the Walpole Farmers Market in Walpole, Mass. One of the better farmers markets I have been to in the Boston area, I was most impressed by the quality and quantities of produce and the friendliness of the local vendors....
The New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food has compiled a tremendous list of farmers markets in New Hampshire for 2011. Visiting a farmers market in New Hampshire is a wonderful, and often affordable, way to buy local products including fresh produce, meats, maple, dairy products, baked goods,...
If you’re looking for fun, affordable travel ideas for this Memorial Day Weekend (and beyond) in New England, here are 10 ideas that we think you’ll enjoy: 1. Watch how they make salt water taffy at The Goldenrod in York Beach, Maine — and then buy some for the...