A 28-year-old Hawthorne man was charged last week with murder and attempted murder for a shooting along a Hawthorne residential street, court records show. Mauricio Garcia, who on Friday pleaded not ...

It’s not “The House of the Seven Gables,” the namesake of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel. But it’s selling for seven figures. A Salem home where the 19th century literary great once lived is on the ...

In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century Massachusetts. By Francesca Wade Paul Theroux, the quintessential travel ...

A 43-year-old Lawndale man pleaded not guilty this week to a murder charge stemming from the drive-by shooting of a man at a Hawthorne bar over the weekend, according to authorities and court records.

The Federal-style house on the corner of Botts Court and Chestnut Street in Salem is an architectural work of art that comes with an interesting history – at one point it was the home of renowned ...

Explore the haunting histories of New Orleans, Savannah and Salem, three of the eeriest locales in the country.

NORTH ADAMS — In July 1838, Nathaniel Hawthorne struck out on the road, traveling west. His destination? North Adams. He arrived in North Adams — then the north village of Adams, as the communities ...

Brock Hatton (Nathaniel Hawthorne) and Tyler Galindo (Herman Melville) in Melville & Hawthorne. Credit: Photo by Aaron Alon They met at a picnic in Massachusetts’ Berkshire mountains in August 1850 – ...

The word “vicissitude” means the quality or state of being changeable. It is a noun, and it can also mean a natural change in ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (School No. 25) is for sale. This week, the City of Rochester issued a request for proposals (REP) for the sale of the former school building. The site consists of potentially two ...

A historic home up for sale in Salem is not to be scorned — but rather embraced — unlike the protagonist of the novel that was written by the author who used to live there. The house, located at 18 ...