Good to Know

Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's fictional hometown of Stars Hollow was born after Gilmore Girls creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, stayed in northwestern Connecticut. The show premiered in the fall of 2000.

Every year in the early weeks of fall, Aroostook County potato farmers race to dig up their fields before the first frosts hit. Since at least the 1940s, students get a break from school to help out during the busy season.

For Hispanic Heritage Month, the Yale Peabody Museum hosts a full day of events centered around Latino culture and scientific research.

This past July, Sunshine Stewart, a woman who regularly went paddle boarding alone was killed on a pond in Union. Police have charged a teenager with her murder but few details have been released about the case. Incidents like this are rare in Maine. And while they can have a chilling effect, some are responding to the tragedy by doubling down on doing what they love.

The Avenue of States is a strip of land on the fairground, which houses buildings that highlight Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.

Doug Moore is a fifth-generation Sawyer who has gone from banging nails for 25 cents an hour to running the family business as a one-man operation. He says that sawdust is in his blood.

The Big E, the largest fair in the Northeast, attracts about 1.5 million people each year to the fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Vendors, staff, exhibitors and guests reflect on what the fair means to them.

Reading is one of the few ways people in prison can connect to the outside world. But access to books is limited. A Connecticut-based nonprofit called Freedom Reads is trying to change that. The people who deliver the books are just as important as the books themselves.

Square dancing is a popular activity for millions of people all over the world, but it can be more than just a hobby. Research shows it can fight many of the negative effects of aging.

The 20th annual Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival hosted foodies from near and far as a fundraiser for the great houses of the Gilded Age.