Ian Aldrich

Ian Aldrich, senior editor of Yankee Magazine:

Ian, a native New Englander who has worked and freelanced for Yankee for the past decade, writes feature stories, home pieces, and helps manage the magazine's up-front section, First Light. His stories have ranged from exploring the community impact from a church poisoning in a small town in northern Maine to dissecting the difficulties facing Nantucket around its problems with erosion. In addition to his connection to Yankee, Ian worked as a senior editor of Cincinnati Magazine for several years.

Articles by Ian Aldrich

Travel → →

A Two Day Trip to Northampton, Massachusetts

Travel → Driving Tours →

Home Projects: Playhouse

A pile of scrap lumber and plenty of imagination

SeeNewEngland.com → Yankee Articles →

Angels Among Us 2009

Dedicated New Englanders are making a difference

South Boston's L Street Brownies

Oldest swimming club in the country

Feeding Frenzy

Great white sharks may no longer be the stuff of movie lore. Whether that's good news or not depends on how you feel about great white sharks in New England.

How New England Are You?

The Big Question: How Do You Become a Big Bird?

Glocester, RI: Lydia Walshin

Lyndonville, Vermont: Jodi Wheeler

Portsmouth, NH: David Krempels

Bolton, MA: Suzy Becker

The Big Question: Can Food Heal?

We ask writer Adrienne Kane ... How Did Food And Cooking Help Heal You?

How to Sugar on a Shoestring

Seventh-generation Vermont sugarmaker Burr Morse lives on his 175-acre farm in Montpelier.

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Carve a Better Jack-o'-Lantern

New England By the Numbers: Mt. Washington Auto Road

Book Review: Jaws: Memories From Martha's Vineyard

Diving into the all-new book Jaws: Memories From Martha's Vineyard

Find Edible Wild Spring Plants

Maine native Tom Seymour is an expert on foraging

Ask the Expert: How to Take Memorable Travel Photos

Photographer and longtime Yankee Magazine shooter Sara Gray lives in Falmouth, Maine.

Field of Her Own: Organic Farmer Tracie Smith

The fresh vegetables that come from Tracie Smith's organic farm feed 300 families. But the luckiest ones just may be the friends and workers who sit down with her to simple, delicious meals.

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Build a Backyard Pond

A Two Day Trip to Northampton, Massachusetts

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Drive in Winter

Tim O'Neil of Dalton, New Hampshire, shows us how to stay safe on the road.

Issues → January/February 2012 →

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Drive in Winter

Tim O'Neil of Dalton, New Hampshire, shows us how to stay safe on the road.

Issues → November/December 2011 →

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Heat with Wood

Angels Among Us

The Big Question: Why Should We Believe in Santa?

We ask Kris Kringle, a.k.a. Jonathan Meath: Why Should We Believe in Santa?

Issues → September/October 2011 →

The Big Question: Orren Fox

How Do You Make A Real Happy Meal?

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Carve a Better Jack-o'-Lantern

New England By the Numbers: Leaf Peepers

Part 6: Stories of Hope in the Aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene

Issues → July/August 2011 →

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Build a Backyard Pond

Field of Her Own: Organic Farmer Tracie Smith

The fresh vegetables that come from Tracie Smith's organic farm feed 300 families. But the luckiest ones just may be the friends and workers who sit down with her to simple, delicious meals.

The Big Questions: How Do You Keep Smiling for 50 Years?

Counter Point

New England by the Numbers: Lobster

Issues → May/June 2011 →

Only in New England: PEAK Death Race

New England By the Numbers: Mt. Washington Auto Road

Ask the Expert: How to Take Memorable Travel Photos

Photographer and longtime Yankee Magazine shooter Sara Gray lives in Falmouth, Maine.

Home Decorating: Cape House in Maine

The Detail

Book Review: Jaws: Memories From Martha's Vineyard

Diving into the all-new book Jaws: Memories From Martha's Vineyard

Issues → March/April 2011 →

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Survive Extreme Winter Weather

Joe Lentini is an independent guide in New Hampshire's White Mountains and a team leader with Mountain Rescue Service..

How to Sugar on a Shoestring

Seventh-generation Vermont sugarmaker Burr Morse lives on his 175-acre farm in Montpelier.

Red Sox Nation Comes Together for Opening Day at Fenway

Holy Day in the Nation: There are 162 games in the Red Sox season, none more anticipated than the home opener.

Drill, Baby, Drill

Recycle, Reuse

Quick Time

Hot & Heavy

'Quality Boredom'

Closing In

Insider's Touch

Issues → January/February 2011 →

The Big Question: Can Food Heal?

We ask writer Adrienne Kane ... How Did Food And Cooking Help Heal You?

The Restorer

In the world of wooden boats, Jon Wilson is a legend. Few know about his other life in troubled waters.

You Can Go Home Again

Edie Vonnegut and her husband, John Squibb, combined art, practicality, and a good dose of frugality to make the Cape Cod barn of her childhood into their own family's home.

Issues → November/December 2010 →

Angels Among Us 2010

Creating a Glow: Community Fundraiser

A new holiday tradition takes hold in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Lyndonville, Vermont: Jodi Wheeler

Portsmouth, NH: David Krempels

Bolton, MA: Suzy Becker

Glocester, RI: Lydia Walshin

Issues → September/October 2010 →

Quiz: How New England Are You?

75 Things Every New Englander Should Do...

75 years of Yankee

New England by the Numbers

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Eat Beyond the Mac

Writer and apple connoisseur Ben Watson is the author of Cider: Hard and Sweet. He lives in Francestown, New Hampshire.

The Big Question: How Do You Become a Big Bird?

Issues → July/August 2010 →

New England By the Numbers: Amusement Parks

Knowledge & Wisdom: How to Build a Sand Castle

New Hampshire artist Greg Grady is the founder of the Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition.

The Big Question: We Ask Champion Rose Gardener Clarence Rhodes ...

How do you Grow a Prize-Winning Bloom?

Feeding Frenzy

Great white sharks may no longer be the stuff of movie lore. Whether that's good news or not depends on how you feel about great white sharks in New England.

Issues → May/June 2010 →

Find Edible Wild Spring Plants

Maine native Tom Seymour is an expert on foraging

Water: New England Numbers

How many lakes and ponds in Maine?

Red Sox: New England By the Numbers

When $5 bought a box seat in Fenway park

Issues → March/April 2010 →

Town Meeting Tips

Seven things to do from town meeting expert

Natural Disasters: New England Numbers

Hurricanes, fires, floods

Issues → January/February 2010 →

South Boston's L Street Brownies

Oldest swimming club in the country

New England Landscapes

Photographer Jon Olsen finds peace in landscapes

Winter Olympics: New England Numbers

Olympic gold in New England's hills

Winter Gardening: Eliot Coleman

Grow food in winter without heated greenhouses

Hoop Houses

Begin in August

Spinach for Winter

Issues → November/December 2009 →

Angels Among Us 2009

Dedicated New Englanders are making a difference

Boston, MA: Kara Rainey

Vershire, VT: Wynona Ward

Providence, RI: Ron Whitcomb and Don Sullivan

Wells, ME: Bill and Anna Spiller

Home Projects: Kitchen Island

New piece gets antique treatment

Mayor of Fitchburg, MA: Lisa Wong

Political novice is city's first minority mayor

New England Numbers: Pilgrims

How many descendants?

Issues → September/October 2009 →

Climb Every White Mountain Trail

Tony Federer hiked all 549 trails in guidebook

New England Numbers: Autumn

20,000 leaves on a maple tree

Home Projects: Storage Space

Unused eaves become practical storage areas

Fly-Fishing on the Deerfield River

Where father and son get away from it all

Ken Burns on the Importance of 'America's National Parks'

History and storytelling meet on film

Issues → July/August 2009 →

Newburyport, MA: Rear Range Light

Dining at the top of the world

Home Projects: Playhouse

A pile of scrap lumber and plenty of imagination

New England Numbers: Summer Facts

How many summer camps in New England?

Red Sox: New England By the Numbers

When $5 bought a box seat in Fenway park

Issues → May/June 2009 →

Portland, ME, Weekend

Issues → March/April 2009 →

Red Sox: New England By the Numbers

When $5 bought a box seat in Fenway park

Big Question: Life Coach Cheryl Richardson

When times are tough, how do you still live the good life?

Cheryl Richardson: Life Coach Seen on 'Oprah'

Issues → January/February 2009 →

Budget Flooring: Home Projects

Brown paper bags insulate a drafty floor

The Big Question: "Buddy" Cianci

What does it take to make a comeback?

Issues → November/December 2008 →

Heating Old Houses

In an age of rising fuel prices, can we still love old houses?

Issues → September/October 2008 →

Nantucket: A Disappearing Island

Beach erosion theatens homes, lifestyles

Barry Clifford and the Whydah Discovery

Shipwrecks, salvage, underwater archaeology

Whydah Artifacts in Exhibit

'Real Pirates' displays objects

Issues → July/August 2008 →

Del Christman, Dogman, Lowell, Massachusetts

Ken Squier, Mr. Thunder Road, Barre, Vermont

Jenna Sammartino, National Park Ranger, Eastham, Massachusetts

Issues → May/June 2008 →

Home Project: Outdoor Shower

Do-it-yourself for the post-beach rinse

Issues → March/April 2008 →

Do-It-Yourself Home Projects

Roof, porch, pergola, coat rack, and covered bridge!

Sap Bucket Lid Roof

Trellis Coat Rack

Covered Bridge Driveway

Rooftop Pergola

Affordable Screened Porch

Issues → January/February 2008 →

The Big Question: How to be a Champion Figure Skater

The training, endurance, and expenses of champions

Issues → November 2006 →

Why the Pilgrims Still Matter

A conversation with Mayflower author Nathaniel Philbrick

A Pilgrim Primer

America's Bloodiest War

Home & Garden → Home →

Red Sox: New England By the Numbers

When $5 bought a box seat in Fenway park

Blogs → Behind the Scenes at Yankee Magazine →

How Yankee are you?

Message In a Box