The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has announced plans for a special rail schedule as part of the Massachusetts ...

A veteran employee of the former Brooks-MacMannis Florist and Greenhouse in Athol has purchased her long-time employer.

A local developer is planning to turn the vacant YMCA building at 533 Main St. in Fitchburg into 17 apartments and one ...

Lovers of music on “SNL” have other chances to celebrate. NBC has scheduled “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert” for Friday night.

As President Donald Trump and his administration make drastic changes to dramatically decrease the funding of many federal departments and agencies there is no shortage of major news stories.

A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...

In celebration of Quincy's quadricentennial, Mayor Thomas Koch highlights two prominent women: Grace Eng Toy and Harriet ...

Massachusetts is home to the oldest drum company in the United States and one of the oldest in the world. Noble and Cooley in Granville, Mass., has been making drums since 1854, catering to some ...

For Black History Month, a family member of a prominent figure in history was at the Springfield Museum of History.

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...