On one of the shortest days of the year, a group of Plymouth citizens continue a centuries-old tradition by celebrating Forefathers Day....
In 1675, William Scant of Braintree, Mass., came before the court for breaking a law called the Old Deluder Satan Act: He had...
Louis Prang put Christmas cards into millions of American mailboxes and fine art into millions of American homes. He arrived in Boston...
In 1790, the townspeople of Franklin, Mass., decided they wanted a bell. They got the Franklin Library instead. The library opened its...
A plume of smoke near Dolliver’s dump signaled the end of Bar Harbor’s splendid era and the worst of the terrifying Maine...