Their symbols, the compass and square, are meant to represent reason and faith. Their lodges, they insist, are temples of moral instruction. But behind the carefully guarded doors of those lodges, a ...

Photo submitted to the Times Observer On February 19, at the stated monthly meeting of North Star Lodge No. 241, Jack T.

Speaker Mike Johnson displayed George Washington's gavel from 1793 during the 2026 State of the Union address. (AP photo) ...

A rifle crafted by a renowned gunmaker is being auctioned for a good cause for a second time. The late Cecil Brooks, of Lowell, made the rifle in the 1990s for the annual Marietta Shrine Club benefit ...

Brigadier General Albert Pike is honored for his civic and philanthropic legacy, not his role in the Civil War.

A rifle crafted by a renowned gunmaker is being auctioned for a good cause for a second time. The late Cecil Brooks, of Lowell, made the rifle in the 1990s for the annual Marietta Shrine Club benefit ...

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control of the House and the Senate.

On Nov. 24, 1827, a group of gentleman who wanted to carry on the tradition of 18th-century area botanists John Bartram and James Logan held the first meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ...

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, March 5 ...

The speech could be Trump's last to a GOP-controlled Congress as Democrats look to re-take the House of Representatives in November.

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Feb. 26 ...

The speech could be Trump's last to a GOP-controlled Congress as Democrats look to re-take the House of Representatives in November.