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
WMFP, virtual channel 62 (UHF digital channel 18), is a Cozi TV-affiliated television station serving Boston, Massachusetts, United States that is licensed to Lawrence. The station is owned by NRJ TV, LLC. WMFP maintains studio facilities located on…
Saint John's High School is a private Catholic boys' high school located in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester.
Needham High School is a public high school in Needham, Massachusetts, USA, educating grades 9 through 12. Its former principal, Dr. Johnathan Pizzi, who was previously the Assistant Academic Superintendent in the Boston Public Schools System, resig…
West Newton is a village of the City of Newton, Massachusetts and is one of the oldest of the thirteen Newton villages.
Quinsigamond Community College (colloq: QCC, Quinsig) is a public, two-year academic institution in Worcester, Massachusetts. A commuter school, the college has an enrollment of over 8,000 students in its Associate's degree and certification program…
The E. Howard & Co. was a clock and watch company formed by Edward Howard (1813–1904) and Charles Rice in 1858 after the demise of the Boston Watch Company. The pair acquired some of the material and watches in progress, based upon a lien against th…
WBPX-TV, virtual channel 68 (UHF digital channel 32), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by Ion Media Networks.
Union Station is located at Washington Square in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. It is the western terminus of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Framingham/Worcester commuter rail line, with inbound service to Boston, and a station…
Shopper's World is a power center owned by DDR Corp. It is located on Route 9, near the intersection of Route 30 and the Mass Pike (I-90) in Framingham, Massachusetts.
The Brandeis International Business School (IBS) is the business school at Brandeis University, located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Brandeis IBS offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in business, finance and economics and has over 2,000 a…
Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) is a community teaching medical center located in Newton, Massachusetts on Washington Street. It is affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States. The geographic boundaries of the diocese are the same as those of Worcester County, Massac…
The Robert Treat Paine Estate, known as Stonehurst, is a country house set on 109 acres (44 ha) in Waltham, Massachusetts. It was designed for philanthropist Robert Treat Paine, Jr. in a collaboration between architect Henry Hobson Richardson and la…
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Waltham, Massachusetts that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Lyman School for Boys was established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts about 1886 and was closed in 1971. It was the first reform school, or training school in the United States, replacing the State Reform School near the same site, which wa…
Fitton Field is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. Primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events, the baseball stadium also served as the home field for the Can-Am League Worcester Tornadoes, and the current h…
This list of tallest buildings in Worcester, Massachusetts ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. city of Worcester, Massachusetts by height. Worcester currently has 18 high-rise buildings. In the city, there are 12 buildings that stand taller than 150 feet …
This is a list of places on the National Register of Historic Places in Concord, Massachusetts.