Known as the Tantiusques, the mine was sold to John Winthrop Jr., the son of the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay ...

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The respected silversmith and his fellow messengers played a key role in the colonists’ first victory of the Revolutionary ...

In Massachusetts Bay Colony the first execution was in 1630, but the earliest capital statutes do not occur until later. Under the Capital Laws of New-England that went into effect between 1636 ...

Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...

I first created “THEN & NOW” 30 years (and three newspapers) ago to offer bite-sized, tempting morsels of history. But this ...

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Massachusetts officials have approved regulations to restrict shore-based shark fishing ahead of the upcoming white shark ...

Boston might be the most popular destination in Massachusetts, but just a short drive away, you'll find a peninsula town with ...

From radar imaging to photos shot aboard space shuttles, here's a collection of NASA's photos of Massachusetts taken since ...

Three right whale mother-calf pairs have been spotted in Cape Cod Bay, where researchers are monitoring them. Why they are important.