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 ...

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

Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn says he has seen enough, adding that the latest stabbing on the Common occurred as parents were walking their kids to school. A 4-year-old was also nearly assaulted ...

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

State police are investigating after the State House was vandalized early Wednesday morning and a suspicious package was left ...

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

A trip back, via The Boston Globe archives, through Boston Common’s violent history, which includes out-of-control hippies, striking cops, curfews, stabbings, drug dealing, and shootings.

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.