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Mel Allen mines decades of reporting 'Here in New England' for new book

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published August 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM EDT
The cover of "Here in New England" and author Mel Allen. (Courtesy of Ellen Klempner-Beguin, Peter Ralston and Jarrod McCabe)
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The cover of "Here in New England" and author Mel Allen. (Courtesy of Ellen Klempner-Beguin, Peter Ralston and Jarrod McCabe)

Former longtime Yankee magazine reporter and editor Mel Allen has collected many of his writings in the new book “Here in New England: Unforgettable Stories of People, Places and Memories that Connect Us All.”

Host Anthony Brooks met up with Allen to talk about the book, which comes out in September.

Book excerpt: ‘Here in New England’

By Mel Allen

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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