Arts and Leisure
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2.7KA Brief, Mostly Nonmusical History of Baked Beans
Do not mess with a New Englander over the proper way to cook baked beans. You soak them, you parboil them, you...
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3.9KThe Other Side of the Boston Tea Party
Every story has two sides, and the other side of the Boston Tea Party is rarely told. But the merchants responsible for...
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3.1KThe Rise and Fall of the Belfast Broiler Festival
Mainers by the thousands celebrated Waldo County’s Mardi Gras for four decades: the Belfast Broiler Festival. Men from the poultry farms and...
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3.7KThe Recent Rediscovery of John Leslie Breck, Boston Impressionist
John Leslie Breck was a gifted artist on the verge of fame when he took his own life at the age of...
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6.0KIndians Loaned Their Words to English. Now They Want Their Languages Back.
New England Indians loaned many words and place names to the American English language. Now some of them are getting their own...
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5.4KLady Blanche Forsakes Her English Manor for True Love in Bartlett, NH
One rainy day in the autumn of 1875, a writer named A.A. Smith met Lady Blanche Murphy, the daughter of an earl,...
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