All posts tagged "Lynn"
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24.8K7ConnecticutHow New England Got Its Place Names
New England has six towns called Warren, one in each state, but the reason for those place names is more complicated than...
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19.1K7Arts and LeisureA Star Is Born in Boston: Jon Landau Shows Bruce Springsteen the Future
Bruce Springsteen was about to get dropped by his record company when Jon Landau, a 27-year-old music critic for Boston’s Real Paper, wrote...
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14.2K2MassachusettsThe Legend of Dungeon Rock and the Pirate Treasure It Holds
Like many New England folk tales, dates and specifics are sketchy. But the story of Dungeon Rock most certainly begins before the...
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8.8K21MassachusettsMaria Mitchell Discovers Her Very Own Comet
On a clear autumn night in 1847, 29-year-old Maria Mitchell climbed to the roof of the Pacific National Bank on Nantucket and...
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21.7K16Business and LaborThe Great Whoopie Pie Controversy
Did the Whoopie Pie originate in New England or Pennsylvania? New England claims the treat as its own, while Pennsylvania argues Amish...
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16.0K15MassachusettsThe Great New England Sea Serpents
When a New England sea serpent was beached off the coast of Scituate, Mass., in 1970, it marked the continuation of a...
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