Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spooner Well Memorial marker, Brookfield MA BROOKFIELD ― A small, unassuming grave marker along East Main Street represents more ...

A couple of years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a murder trial in Worcester captured the attention of patriots and British sympathizers alike. Scituate native Chief Justice ...

An article on Bathsheba Spooner by Albert Southwick appeared in the Feb. 3 edition of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Bathsheba and three men were tried (and convicted) in the murder of Bathsheba's ...

WEST BOYLSTON — Take a walk behind the West Boylston Middle/High School next week and you could find yourself crossing paths with the bitter ghost of Bathsheba Spooner. Bathsheba Ruggles Spooner was ...

On July 2, 1778, Bathsheba Spooner, the daughter of prominent British Brig. Gen. Timothy Ruggles, became the first woman to be executed in the United States by Americans. Spooner, the daughter of a ...

Author Andrew Noone will share highlights from his book, "Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy," at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Ave. The ...

BROOKFIELD ― A small, unassuming grave marker along East Main Street represents more than just a moment in history, but one of the first major crimes to take place in the area, which led to the first ...