Almost 1 in 10 Americans claim Irish heritage, according to the Census Bureau. But even the non-Irish celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.

The only vote was unanimously approving Barnstable’s move from the Cape & Islands League to the Southeast Conference, where ...

Its 170 works range from scientific instruments to maps to paintings to reputedly demon-repelling “magic bowls.” The Boston Athenaeum provides a look behind the scenes of the architectural ...

The Dave Cowens Award, which is presented each year to the top senior basketball players in the area, will be announced on ...

Transit authorities in western Massachusetts are among 44 organizations across the state to receive funding to expand options for those dependent on public transportation.

Through the efforts of its outward-looking people and its seafaring traditions over the centuries, Derry has managed to ...

Dozens of tiny towns, settlements really, that once dotted Palm Beach County have disappeared through the years, buried under floods, shattered by hurricanes or made obsolete by t ...

That’s Rockport, Massachusetts for you—a postcard-perfect coastal town that seems to have been preserved in amber, with all the charm of New England and none of the pretension. Just 40 miles north of ...

In her debut novel, Swedish pop star Annika Norlin spins a tale about a woman who, like Thoreau, seeks a simple life away ...

African penguins at the New England Aquarium will live well into their golden years on a new, private island specifically ...

If you haven’t heard, Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade ... from Gillette Park to Old Colony Avenue Dorchester Avenue, Both sides, from Dorchester Street to Damrell Street Foundry Street ...