For the 41st year in a row, the community came together to light a menorah on Boston Common for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. "Light has a special quality," said Rabbi Chaim Prus of Chabad of ...

The grounds of Boston Common started as a cow pasture in the mid-1600s. It was also used for Puritan punishments, like whipping, and even for hangings. In 1768, the area was transformed into a ...

Another major Massachusetts employer is preparing to increase the amount of time that employees are required to spend in the office. John Hancock, the insurance giant headquartered in Boston, will ...

The land it sits on was originally used as John Hancock’s cow pasture ... The State House is adjacent to Boston Common near the center of the city. The easiest way to get there is by the ...

He suspected the soldiers would soon be sent after the leaders of the illegal Provincial Congress, Samuel Adams and John Hancock ... the night organizing on Boston Common. The 700 men came ...