The History of Newport, New Hampshire, from 1766 to 1878, with a Genealogical Register,” by Edmund Wheeler provides a brisk, ...

Theophilus Brown was a tailor of note in the mid-1800s, his handiwork carried out in a shop along Butman's Row in downtown Worcester. The cluster of specialty shops was located on the block now filled ...

Six years ago, artist Sarah Boardman drew criticism for the “neutral” take on Donald Trump. This week, Trump himself went ...

He arrived in America with the Puritans in 1624 and helped co-found the settlement of Merrymount, which is now Quincy, ...

A few months ago, a mayor in Massachusetts was relishing a rare victory over a newspaper for its years of personal attacks.

Waterbirds have seen a resurgence thanks to Gould Island's private nature, but efforts to open the island to recreation has created worry.

The Green Dragon Tavern in downtown Boston has roots stretching back to the 17th century, and served ale to revolutionary ...

There are 17 communities in the U.S. named Quincy. Apparently, the only with a unique pronunciation is in Massachusetts. Here's why we say it with a z.

1687 – French explorer La Salle was murdered by his own men while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, in the ...

But in “A Perfect Frenzy,” Andrew Lawler reminds us that Virginia, not Massachusetts or Pennsylvania ... include an investigation of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, shows that Virginians were ...

Olbia soon became a crucial colony for the grain trade of the time. It connected the fertile steppes of ancient Scythia (modern-day Ukraine) with the hungry markets of Greece and the Mediterranean.

the second-oldest penguin in the colony at age 34, who is showing symptoms of arthritis, and 29-year-old Isis, who has struggled socially. Lambert, a 32-year-old bird with a history of cataracts ...