Established by the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony as West Hoosac in 1750, the original settlement was conceived as a strategic move to protect the northwest corner of the colony.

The last known property deed dates back to 1750; ownership records have been lost to time ... graveyard for future ...

Edward Doty and Edward Lester, of the Massachusetts colony, fought the first recorded ... and, from about 1750 to 1850, many were called to use them. The chance of dying in a pistol duel was ...

THIS MORNING. MATT. GOOD MORNING, ANTOINETTE AND DOUG. GOOD MORNING. SOME MAJOR CHANGES COMING TO MASSACHUSETTS NOW THAT VOTERS ARE PROJECTED TO APPROVE THREE OUT OF THE FIVE BALLOT MEASURES.

Florida and New York are the top destinations for people moving away from Massachusetts, according to new estimates released by the US Census Bureau. Each of those states absorbed more than 20,000 ...

The woods and hills, the low density, the open space, and gentle air prompted many of the first European settlers of the ...

Massachusetts has been called for Vice President Kamala Harris, clinching the Bay State's 11 votes in the Electoral College. The race was called within 5 minutes of polls closing in Massachusetts ...

I’M ED HARDING AND I’M MARIA STEPHANOS. SO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PROJECTS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WINS MASSACHUSETTS. SHE HAS 76% OF THE VOTE. TRUMP AT 68. I’M SORRY WITH TRUMP WITH 22%.

With Election Day approaching on Nov. 5, Massachusetts voters can begin casting early ballots in person on Saturday, joining the hundreds of thousands who have already begun submitting their ...

It included the present-day cities of Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA, which are the largest cities in their states. The colony operated from 1638-1655. While Sweden was distracted with a war in ...

Can I vote by mail? You can apply to vote early by mail in Massachusetts by mail, email, fax or online. Find more details about mail-in voting here. The deadline to apply for both early mail-in ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas state board on Wednesday declined to stop what could be the first execution in the U.S. in a case tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, rejecting clemency pleas ...