In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” the playwright notes that “gentleness exudes from” a sick, elderly woman named Rebecca Nurse. At age 71, Nurse became the oldest woman killed at the Salem witch ...

DANVERS (CBS) -- It happens here in Danvers. This North Shore town is home to The Endicott Pear, the oldest living fruit tree in America. Local farmers developed their own varieties of vegetables ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brenny Campbell, a presence on Capital Region theater stages for more than 25 years, plays a woman in Salem, Mass., in the recent ...

DANVERS — It’s been a tough year for many businesses, organizations and nonprofits, including places like the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, which relies on tourism, donations and public attendance as its ...

DANVERS — The town of Danvers and the Danvers Alarm List Company announced a partnership this week to preserve the 26-acre Rebecca Nurse Homestead property in perpetuity. The Alarm List, a local ...

DANVERS — Beth Veazie Lambright hasn’t lived on the East Coast in years, but she feels a deep connection to the North Shore and the region’s history. “Rebecca Nurse was my eighth great aunt,” ...

Lincoln Center Theater presents this contemporary dark comedy from Sarah Ruhl. Becky Nurse of Salem follows Becky, a modern-day descendent of accused witch Rebecca Nurse in Salem. Becky, who works at ...