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Map of Massachusetts with MetroWest highlighted: Nine towns included by MWERC in red, 23 additional communities in 495/MetroWest Corridor in pink. MetroWest is a cluster of cities and towns lying west of Boston and east of Worcester, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The name was coined in the 1980s by a local newspaper.
The MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA) is a regional public transit authority in the state of Massachusetts providing bus and paratransit service to sixteen communities in the Boston MetroWest. The MWRTA was formed in 2006 and began service on July 1, 2007, with the purpose of filling a void in public transportation service in the ...
Many of the state's wealthiest towns are located in the Boston suburbs. This area includes a high concentration of wealthy cities and towns just to the west of Boston, in the MetroWest area, and along the northern and southern coastal regions that have easy access to the city, in particular the North Shore of Boston.
Framingham (/ ˈ f r eɪ m ɪ ŋ h æ m / ⓘ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States.Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
MetroWest is a master-planned community in Orlando, a city located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The 1,805-acre (730 ha) mixed-use community is located southwest of downtown Orlando , [ 4 ] with the main entrance situated on MetroWest Boulevard, off of Kirkman Road.
Ashland Town Forest is 550 acres (220 ha) with hiking trails around rock outcroppings, small caves, and the rumored ending of some women who escaped the Salem witch trials. [33] The town also owns over 100 acres (40 ha) of land, known as Warren Woods, on the south side of town with hiking trails across land once owned by inventor Henry E. Warren.
Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to ...
The numbering plan area of area codes 508 and 774 includes the southern parts of the regions of Worcester County and MetroWest, as well as Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the South Coast. The major towns and cities are Attleboro , Barnstable , Bridgewater , Brockton , Dartmouth , Fall River , Framingham , Franklin , New Bedford ...