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

Peddocks Island, one of the largest of the Boston Harbor Islands, offers a little bit of everything. This island is considered a prime camping spot and features scenic hiking trails that pass ...

Occurring on March 2, 1775 — 48 days before the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord — Rhode Islanders set British ...

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

In July 1912, during the third Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, America's first female pilot, Harriet Quimby, was returning to ...

The next sunset harbor tour is Sept. 24. The island cruises, which run from 10am-2pm, are Sept. 15, Sept. 29 and Oct. 6. Get the rundown of the biggest stories of the day with Axios Daily Essentials.

On Dec. 4, 1991, officers found the body of a man who had suffered a a stab wound in Boston Harbor near Thompson Island. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide during ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New England on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred around 10:30 a.m. about 8 miles of the coast of York ...