All posts tagged "Aroostook"
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20.3K1ConnecticutThe Six Places That Suffered the Coldest Temperature Ever in a New England State
New Hampshire poet Donald Hall’s grandmother once said, “Thirty below this morning. Seems like it might get cold.” It does get cold...
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19.4K10New England PlacesSix Historic Movie Sets in New England
So many New England places have served as historic movie sets that we found it hard to choose one for each state....
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75.0K42ConnecticutThe Little Canadas of New England
Dozens of Little Canadas have contributed a significant but often ignored part of the character and history of New England since the...
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18.6K6Business and LaborThe Great Maine Potato War — The Year the Spuds Didn’t Show Up
It was May of 1976. The Apple Computer Company had started a month ago, The Bad News Bears showed in theaters, kids hummed...
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42.8K3MaineThe Needham, A Potato Candy Sacred and Peculiar to Maine
The Maine potato candy known as the needham has always stood in the shadow of the whoopie pie, but generations of Mainers have...
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31.0K2Politics and MilitaryFort Blunder, America’s Most Embarrassing Gun Battery
The storied gun battery known as Fort Blunder offers a lesson for civil engineers: Before you build, make sure your surveyors know...
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