An overhead look at the 62 grave markers at the site of the historic First Baptist Church, now known as the African Baptist Meeting House and Burial Ground. Courtesy of The Colonial Williamsburg ...

Residents face the daunting prospect of rebuilding their homes in this once-thriving historically Black community.

IF YOU WERE AN ESCAPED SLAVE, YOU WERE RUNNING FROM PORTLAND IN KENTUCKY, ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER, ONE MILE, AND YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELF RIGHT HERE IN THE UNDERCROFT OF THE TOWN CLOCK CHURCH IN WHAT ...

Somerset Special Town Meeting is Saturday, Feb. 8. There are 13 articles on the meeting warrant, including a new police cruiser, making the town clerk an appointed job, and removing fluoride from ...

A West Asheville church has changed hands with the conveyance of its Haywood Road property from the WNC presbytery to a ...

Meeker County township residents can play an active role in democracy during Township Day March 8. Residents in Minnesota’s 1,781 townships can participate in their township’s annual ...

Audiences at Riverhead Town Hall could be barred from carrying signs, commenting via Zoom and limited to three minutes of commentary at meetings under new policies town lawmakers are considering.

The April Town Meeting warrant is set. In its meeting on January 27, the select board executed the warrant that contains 42 articles for Town Meeting voters to scrutinize. Within the slate are 17 ...

Estimates say that millions of dollars and tens of thousands of acres of land throughout New England were given to soldiers ...

Given these events, Pinker wrote, “the church has no confidence that the town will make good on its commitments” and, in the absence of a meeting between the parties, “will likely be forced ...

NEW BERN, N.C. — A new bear has joined the Bear Town Bears of New Bern. The newest bear revealed Saturday is at the Colonial Capital Humane Society. The unveiling also served as an adoption ...