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Local stories, familiar places, and the things that make life here unlike anywhere else.
For about 200 years, people have reported a long-necked something in Lake Champlain. Here's the real story of Champ, the Lake Champlain monster: the legends, the famous photo, the myths that aren't...
Read the storyYou head into the woods for a little peace and quiet, and there it is: a stone wall running between the trees like somebody started a backyard project and forgot the backyard.Many...
Read the storyFrom "Dirty Water" to "Shipping Up to Boston," here are 10 songs about Boston every New Englander should know, ranked by how loud we sing them.
Read the storyGot Fenway tickets? Here's the local's guide to getting to Fenway Park by Green Line, commuter rail, bus, bike, or car, plus the bag rule and how to get home without losing...
Read the storyForget Bermuda. The Bridgewater Triangle is 200 square miles of southeastern Massachusetts where people have reported Bigfoot, a giant bird, UFOs, Pukwudgies, and a vanishing hitchhiker for decades.
Read the storyAn Irish Exit — also called an Irish Goodbye — is leaving a party without saying goodbye. Here's the Boston/New England guide, the unspoken rules, and the reel that nails it.
Read the storyPeople email Chowdaheadz asking for clam chowda every week. We sell t-shirts, not soup. Here's the PSA — and the Instagram reel that finally broke Charlie.
Read the storySeptember 24, 2026 At Chowdaheadz, we love showing our New England pride. We put it on our shirts, wear it on our hats, and bring it into everything we do. That pride...
Read the storyThe hamburger, the lollipop, the Wiffle ball, the phone book, and the footlong all trace back to the Nutmeg State. Here are 12 things invented in Connecticut you use without ever thanking...
Read the story51 degrees in the kitchen, and Dad says put a sweatshirt on. Inside the annual October showdown between the Thermostat Police and the Under-a-Blanket resistance.
Read the storyThe Rotary, a large iced regulah, the Green Line (running late, obviously) — 10 Halloween costumes that only make sense if you grew up in New England.
Read the storyLadders, Honeycrisp debates, cider donuts, and a bag that fills too fast — the unofficial rules every New England apple picker already knows.
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