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This isn’t going to be one of those Stowe, Vt., posts that encourages you to spend all your hard-earned money and then equate it as the sole way to have a good time. Let’s start out first by stating that, in one way, you don’t have to spend a...
Booking.com Every step of the way in York, Maine, brings special New England travel memories. Ocean beaches, seafood, amusements, salt water taffy, old-fashioned gift shops, a lighthouse, and coastal scenery have that effect. What’s more, visitors always like that you don’t have to drive too far up the Maine...
The price of lobster could become a shell of itself as the mild winter might allow lobstermen to start catching lobsters earlier, thus, potentially driving down prices by offering a greater supply. Steve Woodman, co-owner of Woodman’s of Essex in Essex, Mass., said that while it remains to be...
I remember as a kid in the late 1960s when Brookdale Fruit Farm in Hollis, N.H., was a little neighborhood roadside farm stand that despite its modest, humble presence seemed to go beyond what other similar businesses offered in this area. The fruit was beyond fresh, the staff was...
Motif No. 1, the bright historic red fishing shack in Rockport, Mass., seems to be the biggest fish in the sea when it comes to celebrated American fishing shacks. It’s a true American landmark that people regard as a New England travel icon — right up there with the...
It doesn’t get much nicer than Francis William Bird Park in Walpole, Mass., no matter what time of the year. The 89 acres of rolling parkland features developed large stone pathways as well as clearly marked dirt paths, open fields, three ponds, bubbling brooks, stone bridges, beautiful tree groves,...
Is it just me, or is the The Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I., the best coastal walk in New England? Other than Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine and Coast Guard Beach on Cape Cod, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more scenic ocean side stroll at a New England...