QUINCY ‒ For two weeks in September 1910, a million people crowded the beaches of South Boston and Quincy for a first glimpse ...

On the island formerly known as Thompson Island, a program teaches Boston schoolchildren about cooperation, resiliency and ...

The seasonal opening of this iconic business has long been considered an unofficial harbinger of spring for local residents.

to the Boston Harbor Islands. This collection of 34 islands located in the Massachusetts Bay boasts plenty of things to do and see including historic sites, hiking trails, beaches, wildlife and ...

The Boston Harbor Islands are a world apart from the city — but just a ferry ride away. “Folks, if you’re on the top deck, cover your ears,” the captain advised over the intercom. I was indeed on the ...

For 33 years nobody knew the name of the man whose body was found with a stab wound in the Boston Harbor, near Thompson Island, on Dec. 4, 1991. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner at the ...

Police found the man on Dec. 4, 1991, in the Boston Harbor near Thompson Island. An autopsy performed by the at the time ruled his death a homicide. After 33 years, the victim was identified as ...