The purchase protected forested wetlands that absorb stormwater and protect groundwater. The property east of Wilbur Hill ...

This was the Golden Age of Piracy, and England’s restrictions of trade in the Commonwealth through the Navigation Acts left ...

but was eventually banned from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a whole for his religious beliefs. Feeling old? 5 of the oldest places in Rhode Island you can still see today Originally fleeing from ...

John Tefft owned the land in the mid-1800s, according to old maps. Continuing ... that great blue heron colonies are fairly common and are increasing in Rhode Island and Massachusetts near coastal ...

Achieving independence as the United States of America was a lengthy and unlikely struggle for the 13 original colonies. Over ...