Ashland, MA
The Town of Ashland's ideal location midway between Boston and Worcester provides easy access to the interstate highway system and the Massachusetts Turnpike. Ashland was, in earlier times, a stopping point on a major Indian trail which later became known as the Bay Path, connecting Cambridge and Connecticut  more...

Bellingham, MA
Bellingham is a mid-sized residential community situated on the southwestern semi-rural fringe of metropolitan Boston. Settled since the colonial era, Bellingham has evolved from agricultural village to rural small town and to a Boston suburb  more...

Framingham, MA
The Town of Framingham is located mid-way between Boston and Worcester and is the hub of the Metro-West region. Framingham offers a unique blend of urban and rural qualities. The vibrant retail area along Route 9 lies close by quiet residential areas and the town common  more...

Franklin, MA
The Town of Franklin is a suburban industrial community on the watershed between the Charles and the Blackstone Rivers, 22 miles southwest of Boston. Settlement came late, in 1676, after the ending of King Philip's war  more...

Grafton, MA
The Town of Grafton is located southeast of Worcester. Grafton was set off from a portion of Sutton and incorporated on April 18, 1735. It was the third of the original Praying Towns set up to Christianize the Indians and was known as the Plantation of Hassanemesco  more...

Holliston, MA
The town of Holliston was incorporated on December 3, 1724. The name was taken in honor of Thomas Hollis, Esq. of London, England, a benefactor of Harvard College. The Town has grown from a community of a few hundred residents setting aside ten pounds per year for public education to a community of 13,000 with an annual budget of nearly $20 million including more than $12 million for a nationally recognized school system  more...

Hopkinton, MA
Most well known as the start of the internationally famous Boston Marathon, Hopkinton has been growing while retaining it's small town charm. Centrally located with easy access to Rt. 495, Mass Pike, and a Commuter Rail line helps to bring developers and new home buyers into the area  more...

Hudson, MA
Located only 28 miles from Boston, Hudson is a quiet community which offers the beauty of a semi-rural New England town as well as the convenience of a metropolitan suburb. Bisected by the Assabet River, Hudson also hosts numerous streams and two major lakes within its 11 square mile area  more...

Marlborough, MA
Marlborough offers a small town feel with the amenities of a city. Newcomers drawn by high tech employers enjoy a sense of community, first forged by the craftsmen who came to work in the city's shoe factories years ago and whose descendants remain as residents  more...

Medway, MA
The Town of Medway is a beautiful residential town in the southwestern suburbs of Boston with easy access to Route 495. Henry Gamsey was the first settler in town. Beginning in 1700 with the first modest home built by Henry for his wife Sarah, settlers filtered in and by 1713 residents had petitioned for a new town charter, and the town, to be known as Medway, was incorporated  more...

Milford, MA
The Town of Milford is a thriving community conveniently located along I-495, with easy access to Boston, Worcester and Providence over major highways. Milford offers many advantages to residents and visitors alike; an education system with modern facilities and excellent curriculum offerings, newly constructed/rehabilitated municipal buildings, playing fields and parks for active and passive recreation, major shopping malls and a revitalized downtown, an active Cultural Center, a regional hospital and a variety of restaurants and hotels  more...

Natick, MA
The Town of Natick was from earliest Colonial days a prime target for development, possessing as it did good agricultural land, fish runs and water power. Established in 1650 on the Charles River, Natick had the first and the largest Indian praying town in the colonies  more...

Northboro, MA
The Town of Northborough, originally part of the Towns of Marlborough -- then Westborough, was incorporated in 1766 and became a full-fledged town in 1775. Northborough's first Meeting House stood about where the First Congregational Unitarian Church is today, on Church Street  more...

Shrewsbury, MA
The Town of Shrewsbury is a suburban community with an uneven and hilly terrain cut by a number of minor streams providing several small water power sites. Settlers came primarily from Sudbury and Marlborough  more...

Southboro, MA
The Town of Southborough is located 25 miles west of Boston and 15 miles east of Worcester in eastern Worcester County. With nearly 25% of the town covered by the Sudbury Reservoir, Southborough has retained a low density rural/suburban character  more...

Sudbury, MA
Sudbury is a charming community located approximately 20 miles west of Boston, along the major highways of Route 20 in the south and Route 117 in the north, and bisected by Route 27. Rooted deeply in history, Sudbury is known for Longfellow's Inn, including The Redstone Schoolhouse where Mary brought her little lamb, the Grist Mill and the Martha Mary Chapel  more...

Upton, MA
Upton was put together from the outlying areas of four towns: Sutton, Hopkinton, Mendon and Uxbridge. Upton is a small, friendly community located in southern Worcester County, primarily residential in nature, and still retaining much of its original New England flavor  more...

Uxbridge, MA
The Town of Uxbridge lies on the southern border of Massachusetts at the Rhode Island line. Established as a town in 1727, Uxbridge's bountiful water power provided the basis for large scale industrial development beginning as early as 1775  more...

Westboro, MA
Community Snapshot - At a recent meeting, selectmen shot down a restaurant's plans to install two video games, fretted about the effect of state budget struggles on their community, and thanked residents for volunteer efforts  more...