This archetypal New England seaside town is at the western edge of Buzzards Bay, right against the Massachusetts/Rhode Island border. Westport’s shore is full of drama, where the marvelous Horseneck …
Sitting on the Massachusetts/Rhode Island border, Bellingham is a growing town crossed by I-495. This puts Bellingham on the Metropolitan Boston’s outer belt, and endows the town with a commercial …
Spreading across a large area northwest of Worcester, Holden is a small but fast-growing town of 20,000 people. There’s boundless open space, with thousands of acres of woods for public …
On a craggy peninsula strewn with granite outcrops, the seafaring town of Marblehead is a slice of historic New England. To put the town’s history into perspective, two hundred of …
On the South Shore, Scituate is a coastal town with an adorable village center next to a natural harbor. Much of Scituate’s best dining and shopping can be done around …
This oceanside suburb of Boston is squeezed onto a narrow, crooked peninsula, zigzagging out into Boston Harbor. A recurring theme for visitors to Winthrop is the waterfront scenery, with astonishing …
Often spelled as “Foxboro”, this town in Norfolk County is perhaps best known as the home of the New England Patriots. The NFL team, which enjoyed a period of amazing …
On the MBTA’s Providence/Stoughton Line, Sharon is a commuter town with all the hallmarks of a rural New England community. For one thing, there’s a surfeit of public outdoor space, …
In the MetroWest region, Hopkinton is a town that will be familiar to many as the starting line of the Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day in April. Hopkinton was bestowed …
First developed on the Boston & Worcester Railroad, Ashland is a rapidly growing town that has more than doubled in population since the 1980s. There are two large bodies of …