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 ...

The Rebecca Nurse Homestead Museum, chosen as one of the most significant historical sites in the nation, will participate in a new national event from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 1, “America’s Summer ...

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 — The 338-year-old Rebecca Nurse Homestead is the focus of a 21st-century crowdfunding campaign to raise $40,000 for a new roof on the home where a victim of the 1692 witchcraft hysteria once ...

For the Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, this year has been full of firsts. The home of the oldest woman accused of witchcraft and executed during the 17th century Salem Witch Trials typically ...

At age 71, Rebecca Nurse became the oldest woman killed at the Salem witch trials of 1692 and 1693. Celebrating The 400th Birthday Of Salem Witch Trials Victim Rebecca Nurse In Arthur Miller’s “The ...

A 17th-century Danvers home with a direct connection to the Salem Witch Trials is getting a face lift. Rebecca Nurse, one of the oldest victims of the trials, lived in the house with her family. Now, ...

Salem, Mass. — Five women hanged during the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts are being remembered on the 325th anniversary of their deaths. Salem planned a Wednesday ceremony at Proctor’s Ledge ...

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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 ...