The Stitch has been talked about for years, but with a new organization and funding plan, project leaders said the city is closer to starting construction.

Beverly artist Dorothy Straughter’s quilts evoke painful and often ignored historical realities related to slavery, the Underground Railroad, the Great Migration and racist advertising.

From golden joinery to reinforced stitching, these traditional techniques will make you rethink your relationship with the things you own ...

Elinor Rose Colbert, a former men’s suits patternmaker and family matriarch, died of dementia complications Saturday at her Manchester home. She was 85.