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The Cape & Islands Gay & Straight Youth Alliance, founded in 1996, has expanded its age range to accept youth up to 24 years old, and has rebranded itself as "Thrive."

Edgartown has long had an easy relationship with wealth - and Water Street, the Harbor View Hotel’s acclaimed restaurant, reflects the gracious elegance that marked the pinnacle of American WASP culture, once so pervasive along the Eastern seaboard.

Come celebrate Turkey Day in the same state as the Pilgrims (the Grey Lady isn’t so far from Plymouth Rock!). The island is full of charm in the fall; the summer crowds have dispersed and prices have dropped.

On a speck of island across Chatham Harbor, a weathered doorway opens to a cottage where beach towels substitute for couch covers and an old-fashioned hand pump counts as a kitchen faucet - with no option for "hot."

Fresh takes on Cape Cod classics are the focus of Red’s, the new oceanfront restaurant and lounge at Sea Crest Beach Hotel on Buzzard’s Bay. Making the most of New England’s rich bounty on land and sea, Red’s serves up American Cape cuisine.

The inaugural Nantucket Project conference will make its debut this fall, featuring speakers, including Larry Summers, Julie Taymor, and Eric Schmidt, and will feature a unique format designed to promote heightened global engagement.

While Nantucket conjures images of quintessential New England summers and those famed weathered-looking pants, we recommend donning the slacks this autumn and heading to the Grey Lady.

With a history that began in 1927 as a summer playhouse on the sands of Old Silver Beach, the Sea Crest Beach Hotel in North Falmouth has entered an exciting new era.

For the Kennedys, the family compound has long been a place to relax, to celebrate and to grieve. Members of America’s most glamorous political dynasty played touch football on the lawn, walked the beach and sailed the sound.

More than 200 gallons of clam chowder were ladled out to thousands of people at a contest called Chowderfest here on Sunday to determine who makes New England’s signature dish of clams, cream and potatoes the best.