6 Trails for Winter Walks and Hikes North of Boston

When the new year arrives, many of us are eager to shake off our Christmas-cookie stupor, get out of our houses, and explore the world around us. W...

How to Spend a Weekend in Middlebury, Vermont

Sponsored Content Summer is exquisite in New England, and this time of year in Middlebury, Vermont is no exception. Nestled in the agricultural va...

Ipswich’s True North Ale Company Launches Kestrel IPA with Mass Audubon

True North Ale Company has partnered with Mass Audubon on a new limited-edition American IPA, KESTREL. The brew pays homage to the American Kestrel, ...

6 of Our Favorite Walking Trails North of Boston

There’s no time like the present to get outside in New England. After months of winter (and a year plus of a pandemic), being in nature, surr...

Century-Old Rose Garden Restored in Marblehead

Brian McCarthy wanted to purchase the entire seven-and-a-half-acre Crowninshield estate. However, only two acres were up for sale in 1996 when a frie...

Marblehead Resident’s Face Masks Help Keep Local Beaches Clean

While we are all looking forward to the days of seeing full faces and mask-free smiles and walking through our towns and along the shore with less wo...

Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Names New Executive Director

The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy last week announced the selection of Chris Cook as its next executive director. “Chris’s deep local experien...

How to Spend a Day in Andover, MA

Andover has faced some major challenges in recent years. In September 2018, a series of gas fire and explosions ripped through the town, and n...

Parker River Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island Sponsors Birding Contest This Winter

This winter, the nonprofit Friends of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge will be sponsoring a birding contest in which teams of up to four peo...

How This Gloucester Home Fuses Sustainability and Tradition

Nineteenth-century American painter Fitz Hugh Lane, a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, often depicted maritime landscapes near his North Shore ho...