Dominick Dunne's life story is one packed with remarkable highs and unimagineable lows, yet he has persevered through it all to be a quintessential survivor. He recently spent time with NewEnglandTimes.Com's Jim & Terry Hyde to recount a unique life that has sampled every aspect of what life is all about. Read the exclusive interview.
FEATURE STORY
Things You Need to Know When Hiking Off Trail
Hiking is a timeless activity that endures from generation to generation. In fact, it grows in popularity year over year, and the technology with it. For many, though, following a preset trail provides confidence that one will find their way back home, but it may not leave much to the imagination. Hiking off trail is where the true excitement is. But doing so is not without its risk. Read the article here.
PHOTO GALLERIES
SPECTACULAR PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEW ENGLAND. All of the photographs in our Photo Galleries are available for sale. You can order them printed, printed and framed or you can download the full-size photograph. And, if you have a favorite inspirational saying you'd like on them, we'll add it for you. For information about any of the photos in the gallery, please send an e-mail to jhyde@newenglandtimes.com and I'll reply to it promptly. Please specifcy the photo in which you're interested.
WINTER WONDERLAND PHOTO GALLERY
New England Winter
Wonderland
What a difference a day makes--blizzard one day and
sunny the next. There is still a generous amount of
snow on the mountains and the skiing is great, but
won't be for much longer. If you like the snow, visit
Terry Hyde's winter
photo gallery.
Maine PHOTO GALLERY
Photos
of the Maine Shoreline
Sarah Breeyear, our Director of Photography, spent time in Maine this fall and took some
extraordinary
photos of the land, sea and birds. These
pictures demonstrate what makes New England so special.
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Dominick Dunne, an Exclusive Interview about His Remarkable Life--The Short Version Noted novelist and Vanity Fair columnist, Dominick Dunne, has lived a life most people would find suitably fictitious, but hopelessly short on chance. Read the story.
The British Invasion: A Great New England Getaway for Motorcar Lovers If you’re a fancier of British motorcars (or any old cars), there’s a real treat awaiting you. It occurs every September in Stowe, Vermont. Read the story.
Six Great New England Museums The museums listed below have been chosen from each of the Southern New England states. Each is primarily historical in nature and each offers a wealth of information about their core topics. Read the story here.
The Barnum Museum, Phineas Taylor Barnum was arguably the greatest showman of all time. He had a knack for finding and exhibiting unusual people, animals and a range of oddities, some of them hoaxes, such as the Feejee Mermaid. Read the story here.
The Herreshoff Marine Museum The Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island, is hallowed ground for sailors worldwide as one of New England's greatest museums.
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The Mashantucket Pequot Museum The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, is without doubt the world's largest and most comprehensive Native American museum and research center in existence today.
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Old Sturbridge Village Often referred to as "OSV," this is a “living history” village that functions very much as a New England village of the 1830s would have, and it's fascinating and enlightening to see how skills—long forgotten by most of us—were employed in a variety of ways to make such a village thrive. Read the story.
Plimoth Plantations New England is rich in many things; prevalent among them are history, art and a rich, diverse range of cultures. Read the story.
Rough Point Rough Point, in Newport, Rhode Island, was one of Doris Duke's several very private retreats. Today, it gives a wonderful glimpse of the Gilded Age in Newport.
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Ten Important Thing you Should Know When Hiking Off Trail
To many adults looking for a break from the confines of the nine-to-five cubicle, the forest is as alluring as is an arcade to a kid who’s been in a classroom for too long. Read the story.
Al Qaeda, Why They Hate Us and How They Are a Threat to New England Al Qaeda wants everyone to convert to Islam, according to one of bin Ladenn's latest tapes. That's not going to happen in the U.S., so why do they want to destroy us?
Read the story.
Ten Important Thing you Should Know When Hiking Off Trail
To many adults looking for a break from the confines of the nine-to-five cubicle, the forest is as alluring as is an arcade to a kid who’s been in a classroom for too long. Read the story.
ARCHIVED ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
CHRISTMAS WASN'T ALWAYS ACCEPTED HERE
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
When we think about Christmas, New England imagery comes to mind. But the region hasn't always accepted, much less engendered, Chritsmas traditions. We take a brief look at how the Christmas spirit evolved in New England.
On December 25, 1900, ornithologist Frank Chapman organized twenty-five Christmas Bird Counts during which 90 species were accounted for. Thanks to Chapman's vision, the Christmas Bird Count continues as a wonderful Christmas tradition.
BIG HILL, BIG FUN--SLEDDING
The Tornado, The Tiger, The Flexible Flyer. The names of these sleds bring to mind the fun that sledding in New England brings to those who take on the slopes. New Englanders of all ages have experienced the joy of sledding at one time or another.
READ ABOUT RHODE ISLAND — THE RUMINATIONS OF NOREEN O'NEIL
NewEnglandTimes.Com is pleased to have Noreen O'Neil, innkeeper of 1 Murray House in Newport, Rhode Island, as the Rhode Island Chairperson of the NewEnglandTimes.Com Advisory Panel and our Newport correspondent. Noreen is also President of the Newport County Bed and Breakfast Association. Read some of her articles by clicking on the titles at right.
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EDITORIAL
Don't Punish Vermont for the Poor Judgment of a Man on a Bench
When Edward Cashman sentenced a sexual predator and child rapist to sixty days in jail, he made headlines around the world, and the governor's office became the target of a tsunami-like response from people justifiably angry. Most of them threatened to cross Vermont off their vacation lists and said they'd swear off Vermont-made products. We were just as outraged as all of them, but we ask that they
don't punish Vermont for the atrocities of the man on a bench. Read the Editorial.
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