Earlier this year a total ban on mushroom-collecting was imposed in southern England's New Forest area after an invasion of commercial pickers.

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Norman Rockwell lived in the Berkshires for 25 years, and one look at the area's quintessentially New England main streets and white picket fences makes it clear where he got his inspiration.

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This small New England regional bank has been slowly growing by acquiring banks in the area and expanding to other affluent areas of NY state.

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Ministers are considering introducing new area-wide curfew powers, in the wake of last week's riots in England.

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Never fear: Littleneck sources its seafood from more pellucid waters up and down the New England coast, and is a full block away from the canal, in a gritty, rapidly developing area where live-music spots and an artisanal pie shop stand beside warehouses and a forbidding old-time social club.

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One of the most interesting aspects of the Astier studio is the packing area, with boxes labeled for Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, New York, Holland and England.

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New England was a small industrial community during the 19th Century and there is evidence continuous human activity and settlement in the area spanning at least a thousand years.

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