The three candidates vying for the 5th Essex District state representative seat debated Saturday and shared their thoughts on ...

A free lecture series examining the lives of Essex County residents during the American Revolution will kick off Wednesday, March 18, with a talk on a disease that ...

State investigators uncovered more than $4.4 million in welfare fraud in the second half of last year, according to a new report, which comes as Beacon Hill faces ...

Several dozen Rockport residents and others from Cape Ann gathered Saturday afternoon to consider what the town should look like at night.

Massachusetts Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro is correct in describing the budgeting process for the state’s county sheriff’s departments “fundamentally broken.” ...

Ten student-athletes from the Gloucester High indoor track squad represented their program at Nike Nationals in New York this past weekend — and each of them will head home with ...

Pope Leo XIV has urged a ceasefire in the Middle East and called on leaders in the Iran war to reopen talks. On Sunday, he ...

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is expanding, but the public data that tracks it is drying up. Researchers ...

A Russian missile and drone strike has hit the Kyiv region and killed at least four people. The regional administration head ...

Schoolchildren in Manchester and Essex celebrated “Read Across America Week” and a teacher called the event a success.

Meanwhile, out in the barnyard, the animals are not amused. They can't tell you which ones and when, but they know that winters aren’t supposed be as snowy, windy, wet, ...