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The tallest waterfall in Massachusetts is the Bash Bish Falls (not Bish Bash Falls, as it is often and erroneously called). Bash Bish Falls was recently named one of the most beautiful places in New ...
New Bedford's highest paid employees was top news this week. Here's a recap of the most-read Standard Times stories.
We have all Friday's action covered, plus a new boys’ basketball coach at Braintree, the first two MSTCA relay meets, and the ...
A Berks County man has pleaded guilty to trafficking human remains stolen from Harvard Medical School’s cadaver program, ...
A man living in Massachusetts who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained in April after smashing his car window with a hammer has been released, his lawyer said Friday.
An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.
Firefighters have been on scene all day at a waste disposal facility in New Bedford after a fire damaged the building Wednesday evening.
Firefighters spent hours battling a fire that broke out inside a New Bedford waste transfer station Wednesday evening.
Years of work remain before new Amtrak routes start rolling through Springfield to connect Boston, Albany, and New Haven.
The Rhododendron Festival at the Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich ends May 26. See the 120 or so varieties of flower ...
With a brand new entrance, the Heritage Museums & Gardens are welcoming visitors back for the Rhododendron Festival from May 16 to 26.
A woman is accused of trying to set an American flag on fire inside a federal government building and then attempting to ...