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 ...

Gov. Maura Healey announced that flags will fly at half-staff in Massachusetts on Sunday, Oct. 20 to honor Pvt. Damien Marble, United States Army. Marble grew up in Orange, Massachusetts and ...

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.

THE FUEL IS BONE DRY, MIDDLETON IS PART OF THE 84% OF MASSACHUSETTS ... THE FIRE AT BAY AND WAIT FOR RAIN. REPORTING IN MIDDLET The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning starting ...

(WJAR) — With another red flag warning across Southern New England on Friday, Massachusetts issued a major drought warning statewide. Over the past few weeks, the region has seen dozens of brush ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Western Massachusetts was under a Red Flag Warning once again Friday due to the drought conditions across the area. Brush fires continue to burn across Massachusetts ...

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 ...

As a result of this spike in outdoor fires, the National Weather Service issued another Red Flag warning for all of Massachusetts on Friday. In Massachusetts, an average of 15 wildland fires are ...

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 ...

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 ...