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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge,Massachusetts,United States. Established in 1861,MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and science. According to the QS World University Rankings,MIT ranks number one in the whole world,followed by Imperial College London and University of Oxford.
Suffolk County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 797,936,making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The county comprises the cities of Boston,Chelsea,and Revere,and the town of Winthrop. The traditional county seat is Boston,the state capital and the largest city in Massachusetts. The county government was abolished in 1999,resulting in Suffolk County now functioning only as an administrative subdivision of state government and a set of communities grouped together for some statistical purposes. Suffolk County is located at the core of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton,MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence,MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area.
Worcester is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the 114th most populous city in the United States. Named after Worcester,England,the city had 206,518 people at the 2020 census,also making it the second-most populous city in New England,after Boston. Worcester is about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston,50 miles (80 km) east of Springfield,and 40 miles (64 km) north-northwest of Providence. Because it is near the geographic center of Massachusetts,Worcester is known as the "Heart of the Commonwealth";a heart is the official symbol of the city. Worcester is the historical seat of Worcester County.
Attleboro is a city in Bristol County,Massachusetts,United States. It was once known as "The Jewelry Capital of the World" for its many jewelry manufacturers. According to the 2020 census,Attleboro had a population of 46,461.
Concord is a town in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. In the 2020 census,the town population was 18,491. The United States Census Bureau considers Concord part of Greater Boston. The town center is near where the Concord and Assabet rivers join to form the Sudbury River.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public land-grant research university in Amherst,Massachusetts,United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system,and was founded in 1863 as the Massachusetts Agricultural College. It is also a member of the Five College Consortium,along with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley.
Framingham 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. The city proper covers 25 square miles (65 km2) with a population of 72,362 in 2020,making it the 14th most populous municipality in Massachusetts. Residents voted in favor of adopting a charter to transition from a representative town meeting system to a mayor–council government in April 2017,and the municipality transitioned to city status on January 1,2018. Before it transitioned,it had been the largest town by population in Massachusetts.
Plymouth is a town and county seat of Plymouth County,Massachusetts,United States. Located in Greater Boston,the town holds a place of great prominence in American history,folklore,and culture,and is known as "America's Hometown". Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims,where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. The town has served as the location of several prominent events,one of the more notable being the First Thanksgiving feast. Plymouth served as the capital of Plymouth Colony from its founding in 1620 until the colony's merger with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691. The English explorer John Smith named the area Plymouth and the region 'New England' during his voyage of 1614. It was a later coincidence that,after an aborted attempt to make the 1620 trans-Atlantic crossing from Southampton,the Mayflower finally set sail for America from Plymouth,England.
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court,the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. All but one of the districts are named for the counties in which they are located. Senators serve two-year terms,without term limits. The Senate convenes in the Massachusetts State House in Boston,the state capital.
Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston,the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England,and its surrounding areas. The most stringent definition of the region,used by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council,consists of most of the eastern third of mainland Massachusetts,excluding the Merrimack Valley and most of Southeastern Massachusetts,though most definitions include much of these areas and portions of southern New Hampshire.
Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton,Massachusetts. Wheaton was founded in 1834 as a female seminary. The trustees officially changed the name of the Wheaton Female Seminary to Wheaton College in 1912 after receiving a college charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It remained one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States until men began to be admitted in 1988. It enrolls 1,669 undergraduate students.
Massachusetts,officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to its east,Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south,New Hampshire and Vermont to its north,and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020,it is the most populous state in New England,the 16th-most-populous in the country,and the third-most densely populated,after New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Peter Gerard Torkildsen is an American Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the 13th Essex district,including his hometown of Danvers,in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991 and represented Massachusetts's 6th congressional district,covering much of Essex County,for two terms in the U.S. House from 1993 to 1997. Torkildsen also served as chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 2007 to 2009.
The secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Originally appointed under authority of the English Crown pursuant to the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company,the office of secretary of the Commonwealth became an elective one in 1780. Twenty-seven individuals have occupied the office of secretary of the Commonwealth over the ensuing centuries. The incumbent is William F. Galvin,a Democrat who has held the office since 1995.
As a result of the Massachusetts general election,2006,the Democrats picked up one open seat in the Massachusetts State Senate,the only change from the previous session. The current session began in January,2007,and consists of 35 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States:Connecticut,Maine,Massachusetts,New Hampshire,Rhode Island,and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. The Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean are to the east and southeast,and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. Boston is New England's largest city and the capital of Massachusetts. Greater Boston is the largest metropolitan area,with nearly a third of New England's population;this area includes Worcester,Massachusetts,the second-largest city in New England;Manchester,New Hampshire,the largest city in New Hampshire;and Providence,Rhode Island,the capital of and largest city in Rhode Island.
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census,making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.9 million as of 2023,making it the largest in the New England division and the eleventh-largest in the country.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Barnstable district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Barnstable County. Democrat Sarah Peake of Provincetown has represented the district since 2007.
Elections are held every two years to elect the mayor of Worcester,Massachusetts.
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