You might suppose the Federal Reserve banking system was begun in response to the great stock market crash of 1929, but it...
The summer season inspires far fewer sayings in New England than spring, fall or winter, probably because it’s so short and so...
A July 1911 heat wave killed thousands of New Englanders and sent many over the brink of madness. During 11 hellish days,...
When the heat wave of 1896 finally ended on Aug. 13, 1896, it left behind a record of suffering and death ‘long...
The much-loved Christmas song Sleigh Ride was written during an August heat wave for the Boston Pops Orchestra. It didn’t even have...