In Massachusetts Bay Colony the first execution was in 1630, but the earliest capital statutes do not occur until later. Under the Capital Laws of New-England that went into effect between 1636 ...

Providence Island was founded in 1630 at the same time as Massachusetts Bay by English puritans who thought an island ... and plunged into the privateering that invited the colony's extinction by the ...

Over time, the Pilgrims who clung to Plymouth's rocky shores were absorbed into the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ... authority of the state. In 1630, the Puritans set sail for America.

Gov. Maura Healey announced that state and national flags will fly at half-staff in Massachusetts on Saturday to honor Enrique Delgado-Garcia of Worcester. Delgado-Garcia, a 25-year-old member of ...

BOSTON - Almost all of Massachusetts will be under a red flag warning from 8 a.m. to 6 pm. on Wednesday, the National Weather Service declared, as conditions will make it harder to put out brush ...

MIDDLETON - A red flag warning was issued in Massachusetts on Friday after brush fires continued to burn through the state. The warning, issued by the National Weather Service, includes all of ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Maura Healey has ordered all U.S. and Massachusetts flags to be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday. Flags will be flown half-staffed on Tuesday in honor of Staff Sergeant ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Maura Healey has ordered all U.S. and Massachusetts flags to be lowered to half-staff on Monday. October 7th marks one year since Hamas attacked Israel Flags will be flown at ...

With Election Day nearing, Massachusetts voters will soon head to the polls or submit their mail-in ballots by Nov. 5, casting votes on everything from the presidential race to important local issues.