WORCESTER – The monkey wrench, candlepin bowling, smiley face and steam calliope are on the list of items created in Worcester over the course of the city’s more than 300-year history. Several local ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WORCESTER - Bartek Konieczny assembles the bench he made in front of Mechanics Hall on Main Street Wednesday, November 17, 2021.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brinley Hall in Worcester, site of the first National Women's Rights Convention in 1850, when 1,000 delegates from 11 states ...

WORCESTER – When one thinks of a rickshaw, Massachusetts might be the farthest place from their mind. The small two- or three-wheeled carts pulled by one person, typically carrying one or two ...

Between the Pilgrims, the first Thanksgiving and the landing rock, Plymouth gets a lot of attention as the oldest permanent settlement in Massachusetts, but did you know the oldest town in Worcester ...

The original factory and neighborhood were placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Before the Massachusetts Turnpike connected Boston and Springfield, another road, Upper Boston Post Road, took travelers from one hub to another, each mile marked by a stone marker giving the traveler ...

In just a few days, Mechanics Hall will head back in time to 1850, as the Museum of Worcester hosts and re-creates the 175th anniversary of the first National Women's Rights Convention. Inspired by an ...