GREENVILLE — The county is poised to accept a $900,000 federal grant that would fund a 0.6-mile trail segment connecting the West Greenville arts district and two former textile mills that have ...

Cone Mills Acquisition Group plans to redevelop the former Union Bleachery in Greenville, pictured Feb. 7, 2022, into one of Greenville's largest mixed-use projects. Nathaniel Cary/Staff File/Staff ...

ED: WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF MILLS IN MASSACHUSETTS, THEY PROBABLY THINK OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY, FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. MARIA: BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND LONGEST ...

The textile industry got its start in 1769 when a British inventor devised a mechanized system for spinning cotton into yarn, using multiple spindles. This was the system used in New England mills.