Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 41,793 at the 2020 census. Marlborough became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology industry in the late 20th century after the construction of the Massachusetts Turnpike. It is part of the Worcester metropolitan area.
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.
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 Daily News is an American daily newspaper published in Framingham,Massachusetts,serving the MetroWest region of suburban Boston. The newspaper is owned by Gannett.
Framingham High School,or FHS,is an urban/suburban public high school in Framingham,Massachusetts,United States,located approximately 20 mi (32 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1792,as Framingham Academy,the high school is the result of the merger of Framingham North and Framingham South High Schools in 1991.
The Learning Center for the Deaf (TLC) is a Framingham,Massachusetts-based non-profit organization and school serving deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adults. The mission of The Learning Center for the Deaf is to ensure that all deaf and hard of hearing children and adults thrive by having the knowledge,opportunity and power to design the future of their choice.
Timothy Patrick Murray is an American lawyer and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 71st lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2013,when he resigned to become the head of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce. Murray had previously served as a member of Worcester City Council from 1998 to 2007 and as the mayor of Worcester from 2002 to 2007.
Karen Eileen Spilka is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate. She represents the towns of Ashland,Framingham,Holliston,Hopkinton,Medway and Natick in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts. She has served as the 95th President of the Massachusetts Senate since July 2018. Previously she served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005.
Mary Zarrilli Connaughton is a former board member of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. Connaughton was a candidate for Massachusetts Auditor in 2010.
Katherine Marlea Clark is an American lawyer and politician who has served as House Minority Whip since 2023 and the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013. She previously served as Assistant Speaker from 2021 to 2023 and Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2021. Clark was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011 and the Massachusetts Senate from 2011 to 2013.
Kimberley Lord Driscoll is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the 73rd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Driscoll previously served as the 50th mayor of Salem from 2006 to 2023. Before becoming mayor,Driscoll served as an elected member of the Salem City Council and worked as the deputy city manager and chief legal counsel for the city of Chelsea.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican governor Charlie Baker and lieutenant governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
Lucretia Crocker was an American science educator. Crocker founded the Women’s Education Association in 1872.
Jack Patrick Lewis is an American state legislator from Framingham,Massachusetts. A Democrat,he was sworn in as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives on January 4,2017.
Alice Driscoll Burke was an American politician who was the mayor of Westfield,Massachusetts,from 1940 to 1943,1954 to 1955,and 1958 to 1959. She was the first woman mayor in Massachusetts and New England.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on November 3,2020,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Massachusetts,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on September 1.
Maria Duaime Robinson is an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 6th Middlesex district from 2019 to 2022. In September 2021,she was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as assistant secretary of energy for electricity delivery and energy reliability,but the White House withdrew her nomination on June 8,2022.
Rebecca Lynne Rausch is an American attorney and politician from the commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents the Norfolk,Worcester and Middlesex district in the Massachusetts Senate.
Vanessa Platacis is an American contemporary artist,known for her large scale painting installations and her paintings and performance art. Platacis hand draws and cuts stencils that are used to paint directly onto walls using a variety of spray paint and graffiti techniques. Her work has been featured in galleries and private collections in Boston,Cambridge,Los Angeles,Miami,New Mexico,and France as well as the SCOPE Art Show in Basel,Switzerland. Currently,she lives and works on an island off the coast of Savannah,GA and teaches painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
The UMass Boston College of Education and Human Development is the college of education within the University of Massachusetts Boston. It consists of three academic departments and a school. It is currently ranked 46th in the nation by U.S. News &World Report and is the top ranked public school of education in Massachusetts.
