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The county has an elected county sheriff, county prosecutor, and court officials, administered under the state department of public safety. The state correctional system in the county is known as the Worcester County Jail or "House of Corrections" at West Boylston , and the Worcester County District courts (state administered) are housed at ...
West Boylston is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States and a northern suburb of Worcester. The population was 7,877 at the 2020 census . West Boylston includes the village of Oakdale , located on the opposite side of the Wachusett Reservoir from West Boylston center along Route 140 .
The town was made up of a large part of land from Shrewsbury and the remainder from Lancaster [3] and was known as the North Parish of Shrewsbury from 1742 until 1786, when it was incorporated as Boylston. [4] Boylston was named after Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828), [5] [6] a benefactor of the town. The fund he set up in 1797 finally ...
Westborough is a town [1] in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.The population was 21,567 at the 2020 census, in over 7,000 households. [2] Incorporated in 1717, the town is governed under the New England open town meeting system, headed by a five-member elected Board of Selectmen whose duties include licensing, appointing various administrative positions, and calling a town ...
The town also offers curbside trash and recycling pickup for no additional fee. The town recycling center at the Sterling Department of Public Works closed permanently on July 1, 2015. [33] Residents may use the Wachusett Watershed Regional Recycling Center in West Boylston, MA to drop off recycling and larger bulk items.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Worcester 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 Worcester County. [1] Democrat Jim O'Day of West Boylston has represented the district since 2007. [2]
In Boylston, Route 70 crosses Route 140 and proceeds in an arc near the Wachusett Reservoir. As it enters the town of Clinton , Route 70 begins a concurrency with Route 62 which lasts for approximately 2.6 miles (4.2 km), with the last 0.3 miles (0.48 km) being a triple concurrency with Route 110 through the center of town.
The town lies just north of Interstate 90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) near its junction with Interstate 84 at Exit 9. This intersection is the closest exit along the Pike to town, 10 miles (16 km) away to the south, with Palmer's exit being 15 miles (24 km) to the west, and Auburn's exit (at Interstate 395 ) being 22 miles (35 km) to the east.