Massachusetts librarians were stunned when a 19th-century book was returned more than 119 years after it was checked out. The book, James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity,” had ...

Home to the first public library and the first public school in the country, Massachusetts is known for education. Yet in 2025, the state ranked fourth in the nation for attempts to restrict access to ...

Who would think that one day you could use a cat picture as currency? Well, in an effort to encourage library use, the Worcester Public Library in Massachusetts is accepting photos of cats as payment ...

On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell's "An Elementary Treatise on Electricity" from the New Bedford Free Public ...

A book was returned to its library home in Massachusetts- 90 years after it had been checked out. The book accrued over $600 in debt. The Watertown Free Public Library said in a Facebook post that the ...

In May the university dedicated the newly renamed Martin T. Meehan Student Center to our University of Massachusetts President, and former UMass Lowell (UML) Chancellor, Marty Meehan. Meehan has a ...

WORCESTER, Mass. -- A public library in Massachusetts is accepting cat photos to pay for fees for late returns and lost or damaged books this month. It's part of Worcester Public Library's 'March ...