Tensions were coming to a boil, particularly in Massachusetts, where the British replaced elected officials, occupied Boston and shuttered the harbor. “The entire episode ... MTA updates subway maps .

Photo credit: Elena Just a 30-minute drive northeast of Boston ... credit: Harbor Light Inn For more information about planning your spring visit, check out the town’s website for upcoming events and ...

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

Just a few generations ago, Boston Harbor was known as the “dirtiest harbor in America“: It was murky and putrid-smelling, too toxic to swim in, pocked by floating garbage and so contaminated ...

THE NAME MAY HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED, BUT THE MISSION ON THIS BOSTON HARBOR ISLAND HAS BEEN UNCHANGED FOR CENTURIES, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE 1800S. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS ISLAND WOULD BE DEDICATED ...

The city's historic harbor along the Massachusetts Bay set the scene for a significant portion of Boston's story; once the site of Revolution-era protests like the Boston Tea Party, this body of ...

This year is a big year for Massachusetts history, as 2025 marks the state's 250th anniversary of both Paul Revere's ride to warn of the British arrival and the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the ...

But according to Drummey, there wasn’t enough cold weather at the end of 1775 to make ... overlooking Boston and overlooking where ships came in and anchored in Boston Harbor,” Drummey ...

Events include a historical play, museum exhibits, lantern-making workshops, the lighting of a monument, a cruise through Boston Harbor and a meet-and-greet with the Paul Revere reenactor himself.

Dozens of the protests are scheduled around Massachusetts, including one on Boston Common ... You can get more information by clicking the map below.

A storm system has brought heavy rain across Boston and most of Massachusetts. The WBZ Next Weather Team has issued a Next Weather Alert for the potential of 1 to 2 inches of rain, with some areas ...