Local history museums are on edge as federal funding cuts target another agency: the Institute of Museum and Library Services ...

Many local residents still remember the Port O’Maine Airport, a private airport that was in operation on the South ...

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle it, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major ...

Meanwhile, just over 16 percent of those living in Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island claim Irish ancestry, according to the Census Bureau data. Mary C. Kelly, a professor of history at Franklin ...

Well, on Sunday, firefighters in Alton, Bradford and Lagrange were called on to help a wayward horse. The horse was on a ...

As a transportation planner involved in the creation of the Regional Transportation Authority in the mid-1970s, I applaud ...

On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.

Peter Drummey, chief historian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, joins WBUR to talk about Evacuation Day.

We’ve been thinking about this expansion for 20 years. But the city was still using it for its trucks. But now the city is ...

In its report, the NTSB found a half-dozen bridges in New England are missing ship strike risk assessments. Most are in Massachusetts, but there's one that connects Maine to New Hampshire. The ...

Fuller, accompanied by Miss Edith Houck, rode from Nelsonville to Lancaster to experience and write about the final train.