Isaiah Thomas, a revolutionary patriot and printer of the radical Boston newspaper, The Massachusetts Spy, snuck his printing ...

“He was both a singer as well as played trombone,” said his daughter, Claudia Hopewell, reflecting on Secrist’s musical ...

My grandmother (Marion Frazer) and her friend, Emily, found that the town of Rochester had two openings in the elementary school. They moved to Rochester and began their teaching careers. They taught ...

The cultural and societal value of history cannot be overstated. Whether it is our family histories, national or even global histories, and yes, local history, it tells us who we are, where we’ve been ...

Join the Westfield Historical Commission on Wednesday, April 9 at 6 p.m. in the Lang Auditorium at the Westfield Athenaeum to ...

The name “Purgatory Chasm” sounds like somewhere you’d send your in-laws when they overstay their welcome, but this geological wonder in Sutton, Massachusetts is actually heaven for adventure seekers ...

From his flagship spot on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Fuller first sold Packards, then Cadillacs and other makes. His salesmanship included promotional events on Washington's Birthday, later ...

With a peninsula coming out of its side like a fishing hook, Massachusetts is easy to distinguish when viewed from space. Once one of the original 13 colonies before the founding of the United States, ...

A family in Massachusetts was recently going through their late father's belongings when they came across a trove of Japanese ...