The star of the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of "As You Like It" is also a boat captain and lighthouse ...

Some big changes are contemplated for America’s oldest park, and it will be Liza Meyer’s mission to make them happen.

Someone splattered white paint and sprayed black paint onto the front entrance of the Massachusetts State House Wednesday.

It feels like things are really heating up this weekend. Some of Greater Boston’s most famous summer traditions are happening ...

Boston’s love of the outdoors isn’t new. Boston Common, the oldest public park in the U.S., dates to 1634. Its prim neighbor, ...

Police believe the person responsible for vandalism at the Massachusetts State House abandoned a "suspicious package" on ...

“Good Trouble” rallies are coming to Boston and other Massachusetts cities on Thursday, July 17, in protest of the Trump ...

Police say paint was poured and sprayed on the State House before a suspicious package prompted a bomb squad response.

A vandal hit the front steps of the State House early Wednesday, splashing paint and spraying graffiti right in the heart ...

Local News What to know about the Boston Common Christmas tree lighting The tree will be lit Thursday night. The Boston Common Tree Lighting ceremony on Dec, 3, 2015. Olivia Spinale / Boston.com ...

Imagine, for a moment, a Boston Common with a beer garden, al fresco dining, bocce courts, an expanded modern playground, new shaded plazas, and a constantly updated slate of provocative public art.