Mel Allen

We say “hero” with such ease, and so often, but what could be bigger than for an ordinary person to save a life? One young woman’s search for a living donor hits close to home for the Yankee family.

For thousands of rescued dogs, journeys of endless miles and hardship come to a happy end with the help of Rhode Island’s Always Adopt, one of the biggest dog adoption events in the country.

Do you call the storms that so often hit New England “nor’easters?” The late Maine reporter Edgar A. Comee would have wanted a word with you.

A Maine man finds a small problem leads to a message he will remember.

How one Maine-based tour company is bringing Stephen King’s fans straight to the source. Plus: Yankee’s editor Mel Allen reflects on his own run-ins with the Maine celebrity author.

Yankee editor Mel Allen reflects on the aftermath of catastrophic flooding Vermont, including a firsthand account from Montpelier from Seven Days publisher, Paula Routly.

A scenic day trip from Portland, with Casco Bay along for the ride.

Spring daffodils dazzle and take center stage at Rhode Island’s Blithewold.

Eight essential tips for staying warm in winter (hint: you’re doing socks wrong) from a New England extreme cold expert.

A Q&A with the best-selling Maine author about her new book, “Northeaster,” about the Blizzard of 1952.

Yankee’s longtime editor, Mel Allen, shares his picks for some of the most beautiful places in New Hampshire.

I am writing this in late summer, a few days after laying to rest my mother-in-law, Mary, beside her husband, who has been waiting more than 40 years for her in the leafy cemetery a short walk from our house. Mary was 96, ready to move on, so this is not a sad story. Instead, […]