Worcester (/ˈwʊstər/ WUUSS-tər, locally also /ˈwᵻstə/ WISS-tə) is a city and the historic county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States until Massachusetts disbanded county government in 1998. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population was 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston. Worcester is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston, and 38 miles (61 km) east of Springfield. Due to its location in Central Massachusetts, amidst Massachusetts' major metropolitan regions, Worcester is known as the "Heart of the Commonwealth", thus, a heart is the official symbol of the city.
Population: 181,045
Latitude: 42° 15' 45.32" N
Longitude: -71° 48' 8.24" W
Hudson High School (HHS) is a public high school located in Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is administered by the Hudson Public Schools system, and serves grades 8 through 12 (plus a preschool class). The current principal is Brian K.
Holliston High School is the public secondary school serving Holliston, Massachusetts. As of 2010, the school enrolled 854 students. The current interim principal is Nicole Bottomley. Holliston has some of the brightest students and faculty in the C…
The Greendale Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located near the intersection of Interstates 290 and 190 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The complex has traditionally had two anchor stores, located at the northern and southern entrances. An expansion i…
The Concord Museum is a museum of local history located at 200 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, and best known for its collection of artifacts from authors Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
Bondsville is a village and former census-designated place (CDP) located primarily in the town of Palmer in Hampden County in the western part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The CDP boundaries extend slightly into the adjacent town of Belcherto…
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 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 …
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…
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…
Southborough is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail's Framingham/Worcester Line. It is officially located at 87 Southville Road in Southborough, Massachusetts, however the parking lot is on the opposite side of the tracks off of River Str…
Newton Upper Falls is a village situated on the east bank of the Charles River in the city of Newton, Massachusetts, in the United States.
Natick Center is a passenger rail station in downtown Natick, Massachusetts, with service on the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line. The station, located below grade in a wide cut adjacent to North Main Street (MA-27), has two low-level si…
Milford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Milford in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
Medfield Meadow Lots are a group of wetland meadows—Pratt Meadow, Perry Meadow, and Hinsdale Meadow—located in the Charles River floodplain within Medfield, Massachusetts, USA. The lots, totaling 16 acres (6.5 ha), are accessible by canoe or kayak o…
Linwood is a village with its own post office in the towns of Northbridge and Uxbridge, Massachusetts.