Hopkinton is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, less than 30 miles (48 km) west of Boston. The town is best known as the starting point of the Boston Marathon, held annually on Patriots' Day in April, and as the home of computer storage firm EMC Corporation. At the 2010 census, the town had a population of 14,925.
Population: 2,550
Latitude: 42° 13' 43.36" N
Longitude: -71° 31' 21.22" W
Fort Banks was a U.S. Coast Artillery fort located in Winthrop, Massachusetts. It served to defend Boston Harbor from enemy attack from the sea and was built in the 1890s during what is known as the Endicott period, a time in which the coast defense…
The Eliot Bridge is a bridge over the Charles River between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Allston, Boston, Massachusetts.
Eben Norton Horsford (27 July 1818 – 1 January 1893) was an American scientist who is best known for his reformulation of baking powder, his interest in Viking settlements in America, and the monuments he built to Leif Erikson.
Chelsea is a passenger rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Newburyport/Rockport Line, located near Bellingham Square slightly north of downtown Chelsea, Massachusetts. It is one of the more lightly-used stops on the line, with 179 daily boardings…
Canton Junction is a passenger rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton line, located slightly north of the Canton Viaduct and west of downtown Canton, Massachusetts.
The Boston College station is the western terminus of the MBTA Green Line's B-branch (also known as the "Boston College" line). It is located at St Ignatius Square on the Boston College campus in Brighton, Boston, near the intersection of Commonweal…
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, formerly referred to as the U.S. Army's Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex, is a 2,230-acre (9.0 km2) parcel of land located approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Boston, and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the East…
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The Abigail Adams Cairn marks the spot where Abigail Adams and her young son, John Quincy Adams, watched the burning of Charlestown on Saturday, June 17, 1775, during the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is located on Penn's Hill, now at the corner of Fran…
The Worcester Memorial Auditorium, also known simply as the Worcester Auditorium, is a multi-purpose arena and auditorium in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built in 1933, as a World War I War memorial in the form of a multi-purpose hall, the Auditorium h…
Worcester Country Club is a private country club and golf course in Worcester, Massachusetts. The course hosted the first Ryder Cup in 1927, and was the site of the 1925 U.S. Open, which was won by Willie Macfarlane. It was the first, and currently …
Westgate Mall is a shopping mall in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts. It is the oldest enclosed shopping mall in the state. Although Westgate Mall's GLA is small by regional standards, it is also surrounded by numerous adjacent big-box stores inc…
WXBR (1460 AM) is a radio station that broadcasts brokered programming in an ethnic Haitian Creole format from studios in Brockton, Massachusetts to the South Shore of Massachusetts. Its transmitter is located in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The…
WTMU-LP, UHF analog channel 46, is a Telemundo-affiliated television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by ZGS Communications.
WTAG is an AM radio station broadcasting on 580 kHz from transmitters in Holden, Massachusetts. WTAG's studios are in Paxton, Massachusetts. WTAG is licensed to Worcester, Massachusetts.WTAG programming is also simulcast on FM translator W235AV at 9…
WMLN-FM (91.5 FM) is a radio station located on the campus of Curry College and is supervised by a faculty member, but is currently student-run. It broadcasts an Other format featuring a variety in music, live talk-shows and live coverage of Curry C…
WDIS (AM 1170) is a radio station licensed to Norfolk, Massachusetts. It serves the suburban communities south of Boston and north of Providence, Rhode Island. It has a daytime-only 1,000-watt signal that reaches as far west as Worcester, Mass., giv…
Ursuline Academy is an independent college preparatory day school for young women in grades 7–12. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, USA, it is owned and operated by the Ursuline Sisters, a worldwide teaching order. The academy is …