QUINCY–Firefighters responded to a general alarm house fire around 9 p.m. Thursday at 209 Elm. The first crews on the scene saw a lot of smoke coming from the house, and there were reports that ...

John Quincy Adams’ rise to national prominence was no accident but the result of a childhood deliberately shaped for public service. From an early age, his parents instilled in him the belief that ...

Quincy and Massachusetts have a lot of ties to presidential history. How well can you do our 10-question quiz on this ...

Quincy doesn't merely boast two presidents, but two of the most remarkable: John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams. Both participated in the most pressing political and social questions of their ...

According to historians who have closely studied his hectic life and the tumultuous times in which he lived, Alexander Clark may be one of the most important figures in Black history that you’ve never ...

It's unusual for a president or their staff to welcome children at the White House these days, but at least 18 babies have been born in the executive residence throughout the nation's history ...

Think running the country is easy? These presidents, ranked by IQ, prove it takes serious smarts. The presidents, ranked by IQ Ever wonder which U.S. leaders are—or were—the brainiest? If you’re ...

Americans were feeling pretty good in 1820. So good, in fact, they called it the “Era of Good Feelings.” When the War of 1812 ...

Below is the text of Mayor Thomas Koch’s State of the City Address delivered Monday night, Feb. 9 at Quincy High School: Good ...

In 1825, the U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as president, a decision that became necessary after no candidate took the majority of the electoral votes in the ...

On Feb. 9, 2001, the submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishery training boat, off the coast ...

From Abraham Lincoln's patent to James A. Garfield's geometry proof, learn how these 19th- and 20th-century commanders in ...