State archivists recently uncovered jailhouse records detailing the imprisonment of 35 participants in Shays’ Rebellion — a 1786-1787 armed uprising in western Massachusetts — hidden among decades of ...

Waltham, Massachusetts, stands today as a place for higher education and technology. However, this history of intellect and innovation started in different times. As far back as the 18th century, ...

Ma’amoul is a traditional Middle Eastern cookie often enjoyed around Muslim, Christian and Jewish holidays, made by combining semolina flour with butter and milk, forming it into a dough, and filling ...

Kuczynski, R. R. The registration laws in the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth.--Kuczynski, R. R. The fecundity of the native and foreign born population in Massachusetts.--Abbott, S. W.

Massachusetts is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War this year and next with initiatives and events across the state, funded by $2 million in grants from the Healey-Driscoll ...

In the little town of Whitman, just south of Boston, there’s a parking lot between a Wendy’s and a Walgreens with a curious sign. It’s a large white wooden board that features a Colonial bellman and ...

FIVE AT SIX. THIS IS NEW ON FIVE TONIGHT. CALLING ALL K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS. THE GOVERNOR IS ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO SUBMIT HISTORY PROJECTS AS PART OF A STATEWIDE CONTEST. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ...

And for today's article, we will continue with the third of 14 people to wear the No. 43, Boston guard alum Conner Henry.