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.

As temperatures soared to record warmth, the National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning across the Bay State with the ... officials said last Friday. Massachusetts had a total of about ...

On top of other things going on this week, Massachusetts is monitoring a “red flag warning,” weather-wise. That means the entire state is at risk for brush and wildfires through Friday ...

Here's what to know about early voting in Massachusetts - when you can vote, where to vote, and how to go about it. The state allowed early voting for the first time in 2016. It proved to be a ...

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 ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A Red Flag Warning has been issued for high brush fire danger on Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for all of western Massachusetts. A look at November weather in ...

As a result of this spike in outdoor fires, the National Weather Service issued another Red Flag warning for all of Massachusetts on Friday, and again on Saturday. State officials reported that in ...

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 ...