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

In a new roundup by Time Out, Boston was recently named the greenest city in the world, thanks to its many parks and gorgeous ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.