Bill Would Name Quahog The Official Mass. Shellfish
The lowly quahog will be the official shellfish of Massachusetts if a bill making its way through the Statehouse becomes law.
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The lowly quahog will be the official shellfish of Massachusetts if a bill making its way through the Statehouse becomes law.
Sarah Palin insisted Sunday that history was on her side when she claimed that Paul Revere's famous Massachusetts ride was intended to warn both British soldiers and his fellow colonists.
Thousands of Massachusetts Democrats hunkered down in Lowell on Saturday to map out a strategy for their two top goals for the 2012 election -- re-electing Barack Obama and ousting Scott Brown.
Massachusetts is encouraging residents to try out fishing this weekend by making it free.
Massachusetts Democrats are gathering in Lowell to map out their two top goals for the 2012 elections - reelecting Barack Obama and ousting Scott Brown. Party Chairman John Walsh said the goals are connected.
Massachusetts gas prices have dropped another nickel in the past week and have now fallen 11 cents in three weeks.
A Massachusetts man convicted in Rhode Island of drug trafficking has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. Julio Ernesto Soto, of Salem, Mass., was arrested in a November 2010 Drug Enforcement Administration sting. An informant working with the DEA arranged to buy $24,000 worth of cocaine from the 30-year-old Soto.
Massachusetts is backing Vermont in its efforts to prevent the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant from operating beyond next March.
A new study is documenting dramatic differences in the price that Massachusetts hospitals charge for similar procedures.
With the total number of statewide measles cases already at nearly six times the annual average, doctors fear the rise will only continue.
The Warren Group, publisher of Banker and Tradesman, says single family home sales in Massachusetts fell 28 percent in April, compared to the same month last year.
The Massachusetts housing market continued to struggle in April with sales and median prices both down from the same month last year, although the numbers were up when compared to March.
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court's ruling that awarded more than $333,000 to nine skycaps at Logan Airport who claimed they were cheated out of tips.
Gasoline prices in Massachusetts are down an average of five cents a gallon, the second week for a price decline.
Massachusetts is facing the loss of thousands of summer jobs for lower income and working class teens as federal and state dollars dry up.
A group of mainly immigrant carpenters have filed a complaint with the Massachusetts attorney general's office over claims that they are owed up to $12,000 each.
A Braintree family is upset after they were turned away from a local restaurant. One of them, a 27-year-old only had a state ID. But the restaurant has a very strict policy; it's a Massachusetts Driver's License or the door, no exceptions.
The Massachusetts unemployment rate is continuing to fall.
A new report by state prison officials says staff misconduct and mistakes led to the escape of an inmate who was later charged with killing a man in Springfield.
Just looking at Tanee Hobson, it's hard to believe she's 21-years old. She's not even five feet tall, has a baby face, a youthful laugh, and a childlike smile.
Massachusetts gas prices have dropped by a penny, the first decrease in seven weeks.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sent a three-member inspection team to the Pilgrim nuclear power plant to try and figure out what led to an automatic shutdown last week.
