Linda Tardif, in foreground, joins Christine Stevens and Bill Stewart in a scene from “Circling Suspicion” at Historic Northampton, a short play that explores the story of Mary Bliss Parsons, a ...

Historic Northampton is presenting a series of three plays it commissioned to be performed in conjunction with the newly rededicated 1805 Shepherd Barn on its Bridge Street grounds. Called “Pulling at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Advocates stood on the grounds of Historic Northampton to look back at history. For at least 129 years ...

Northampton's former Union Street Jailhouse was built in 1851. Former Northampton District Court Judge W. Michael Ryan will speak on the history of Northampton's penal system on March 15, 2017.

More than 200 people gathered in Northampton Saturday afternoon to pull a historic barn onto its new foundation, as part of an effort to transform the building into a hub for local history. “They say ...

My daughter Lucy turned 18 in March, a big event for which she asked me to make dumplings for dinner. This was no surprise: both of my kids request pork and cabbage dumplings for their birthday ...

Two dark moments in Northampton history – the 1806 execution of two innocent immigrants and the 1960 arrest of a closeted Smith College professor – have an unlikely connection: an upcoming event will ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Advocates stood on the grounds of Historic Northampton to look back at history. For at least 129 years, slavery was part of the fabric of everyday life in Northampton.