All Posts Tagged With: "massachusetts"

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Worcester Ice Storm Worst in Decades

While we New Englanders seem to complain about the weather all the time, it does provide life sustaining capability to the region.
Hot and sunny days grow and ripen crops, and rainy days and snow storms provide critical water supplies throughout the year which also grow crops - although it doesn’t seem to satisfy human thirst [...]

19Dec2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 1 comment | Continued
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Remembering Cape Cod in Autumn

With the shortening daylight and turning of the leaves I’ve been experiencing flashbacks to life on Cape Cod during this time of the year. I’d argue they are the best months - at least for a resident.
Getting around is less of a hassle and life is generally quieter. The lakes and ponds show blotches of [...]

31Oct2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 3 comments | Continued
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About the Children’s Museum in Easton, Massachusetts

The Children’s Museum in Easton, Massachusetts makes an ideal destination for parents looking for a fun and hands-on learning experience with their young kids.
The museum focuses on touch, feel, and play exhibits and activities for the 1-8 age range, which makes it unique from other children museums in the Boston area. The museum is housed [...]

15Oct2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 3 comments | Continued
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New Bedford Whaling Museum – A Heritage of New England

Crowded within the borders of New England are hundreds of museums covering all kinds of topics and industries.
The most interesting to me are those that celebrate the uniqueness of the region’s past, and whaling was an industry that brought fame and fortune to New England during its heydays in the 19th century.
And the [...]

23Sep2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 3 comments | Continued
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White Water Rafting on the Deerfield River with the Crab Apple Family

There are many ways to mess about on rivers in New England - cruising, fishing, and swimming is relaxing and serine… but it’s not for me. I like my outdoor adventures to be a few notches up on the excitement dial, and if you’re the same look no further than a white water rafting trip.
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17Sep2008 | yankeetraveler | 4 comments | Continued
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The Johnny Appleseed Trail – North Central Massachusetts

The Johnny Appleseed Trail spans a section Massachusetts Route 2 through the rural area of north central Massachusetts.
The name Johnny Appleseed gives recognition to the many farms and orchards in the region and to one of the area’s most famous sons - John Chapman, born in 1774 in Leominster in the heart of the trail.
John [...]

12Sep2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 7 comments | Continued
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Hiking Mount Greylock in Adams, Massachusetts – The Gould Trail

Last weekend was our final preparation hike before climbing the “big daddy” of all climbs in the northeast - Mount Washington, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
My son and I chose Mount Greylock (3,491-feet) in the Berkshires to be our last hike before Mt. Washington as it has some challenging trails, but also offers [...]

4Aug2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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Mount Tom State Reservation – Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts

200 million years ago the drifting apart of the great land masses created fault lines where volcanic activity was prevalent. One of these faults developed in what is now known as the Pioneer Valley region in the Connecticut River Valley area.
The remains of this activity can be seen in the Mount Tom Range and Holyoke [...]

8Jul2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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The Norman Rockwell Museum - Stockbridge, Massachusetts

A Norman Rockwell painting or illustration is as instantly recognizable as playing a few bars of a symphony and knowing it was composed by Mozart.
Rockwell continues to be one of America’s most beloved artists.
Yes, his scenes and subjects help maintain his popularity and fan base - they are of growing up and growing old and [...]

17Jun2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 2 comments | Continued
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Harrow’s Chicken Pies: A New England Tradition

by Eric. J Hurwitz
Harrow’s chicken pies are a surefire way to get in a “fowl” mood, in the best sense.
The Reading, Mass.-based storefront, in business for more than 50 years, continues to create amazing, old-fashioned chicken pies. The slow-cooked, white-meat chicken combines with the ultimate homemade gravy, resulting in a chicken pie that would even [...]

17Jun2008 | ehurwitz | 0 comments | Continued
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7 New England Museums to Experience

New England Living Museums are special destinations depicting times and a way of life from America’s past.
It’s an opportunity for current generations to experience what it was like at different moments and locations in America’s history.
These are not your average city museum with neat rows of glass enclosed artifacts.
The living museums of New England [...]

14Mar2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 2 comments | Continued
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Animation Magic in The Berkshires

There’s magic in The Berkshires of western Massachusetts - and not just in the scenic beauty and cultural haven the area enjoys, but in the attraction the area seems to have for talented people in the animation and special effects industry.
The Berkshires has established itself as one of southern New England’s top destination areas along [...]

5Mar2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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A New Cape Cod Vacations Resource on the Block!

Since starting this blog I’ve written a lot of posts about destinations and attractions to see when planning Cape Cod vacations. I lived on the Cape for two years and so I came to know a lot of the best spots to see but I’ve never really pulled it together in one spot… until now.
I [...]

3Feb2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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New England Winter Wonderland

It was cold in New England the first week of 2008. And I mean bitter cold as in high’s of 18 degrees Fahrenheit in Massachusetts.
So go further north to big mountain ski country and you can lop off a good few more degrees from that high!
However, it’s January in New England and so we [...]

11Jan2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 2 comments | Continued
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All About Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts

No, I’m not talking about Tchaikovsky or Gorbachev, or even Vladimir Putin, but Russian icons as in paintings.
The town of Clinton in Massachusetts isn’t exactly where you’d expect to find a Museum of Russian Icons, but this rural central Massachusetts town hosts the personal collection of local businessman Gordon Lankton.
The 300-piece collection is the [...]

4Jan2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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An October Trip to Northern Vermont - Part I

Last weekend I got “permission” from my family to visit a friend living in Wolcott, Vermont, on the fringe of the Northeast Kingdom.
And this time of the year the Kingdom can be spectacular with the fall foliage and the crisp autumn air.

Now this fall, Mother Nature has played a few tricks on New England, [...]

17Oct2007 | Cliff Calderwood | 3 comments | Continued
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