Such pools in that one forest alone, which stretches from Freetown and Fall River into Dartmouth, likely number in the hundreds, according to Linton Harrington, outreach coordinator for the Trustees.

Western Massachusetts is home to one of the most haunted places in the state, Holyoke’s Eyrie House. Resting on what’s currently the Mount Tom State Reservation, The Eyrie House was a popular ...

And, she and her husband spent a night hiking through the Freetown-Fall River State Forest. Assonet Ledge, a spot said to be particularly haunted, is the setting for several scenes in the book.

A dying cell phone, Freetown’s police radio, the strobe of a state police helicopter and GPS coordinates all helped to locate the 25-year-old Fall River woman lost in the 5,400-acre Freetown ...

A weekend brush fire burned 21 acres of the Freetown/Fall River State Forest, requiring 40 firefighters to work seven hours in order to extinguish the blaze. The source of the fire remains under… ...