Milford, Massachusetts
Encyclopedia
Milford is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts
-Demographics:In 1990 Worcester County had a population of 709,705.As of the census of 2000, there were 750,963 people, 283,927 households, and 192,502 families residing in the county. The population density was 496 people per square mile . There were 298,159 housing units at an average density...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It had a population of 27,999 at the 2010 census.

For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 Milford, constituting the center of the town, please see the article Milford (CDP), Massachusetts
Milford (CDP), Massachusetts
Milford is a census-designated place in the town of Milford in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 25,055 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Milford is located at ....

.

History

Milford was first settled in 1662 and was officially incorporated in 1780. It was originally the eastern part of Mendon
Mendon, Massachusetts
Mendon is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,839 at the 2010 census.Mendon is very historic and is now part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, the oldest industrialized region in the United States.- Early history :The Nipmuc people...

, called "Mill River".

Milford is renowned for its pink Milford granite
Milford granite (Massachusetts)
Milford granite is a Proterozoic igneous rock located in and around the town of Milford, Massachusetts, covering an area of approximately 100 sq km, as mapped by the USGS. It is described as a light-gray to pale orange-pink biotite granite. The biotite is typically in clots or short streaks...

, discovered in 1870. Some of this granite has been used for buildings in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, along with a number of war memorials and other monuments, including the Battle Monument
Battle Monument (USMA)
Battle Monument is a large doric column monument located on Trophy Point at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. Designed by Stanford White, it was dedicated on 30 May 1897 by surviving Civil War veterans. The monument was financed by monthly contributions from the pay of the...

 at West Point
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...

.

Today, it is recognized, in part, for its health care facility - the Milford Regional Medical Center
Milford Regional Medical Center
Milford Regional Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare system that includes the VNA and Hospice of Greater Milford and Tri-County Medical Associates, Inc., a physician practice group...

. In January 2008, the Center opened a cancer treatment facility with the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute. The Center is affiliated with UMass Medical Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
The University of Massachusetts Medical School is one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts system and is home to three schools: the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Graduate School of Nursing; a biomedical research enterprise; and a range of...

 as a teaching hospital
Teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital that provides clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients...

.

Milford is also the home of the "My One Wish" foundation, started in 1984.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, the town has a total area of 14.9 square miles (38.6 km²), of which 14.6 square miles (37.8 km²) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.776996433 km²), or 1.82%, is water. Milford is drained by the Charles River
Charles River
The Charles River is an long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts, USA. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston...

.

The town is crossed by Interstate 495
Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)
Interstate 495 is the designation of an Interstate Highway half-beltway in Massachusetts. It was the longest auxiliary Interstate Highway of its kind—measuring 120.74 miles —until 1996, when the PA Route 9 section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was redesignated as Interstate 476, making it about ...

, as well as state routes 16
Massachusetts Route 16
Route 16 is an east–west state highway in Massachusetts. It begins in the west at an intersection with Route 12 and Route 193 in Webster, just north of the Connecticut state border...

, 85, and 109
Massachusetts Route 109
Route 109 is a state highway in eastern Massachusetts. It runs from Route 16 in Milford east to the VFW Parkway in West Roxbury. Most of Route 109 runs along a portion of the Hartford and Dedham Turnpike.-Route description:...

.

Adjacent towns

Milford is located in Central Massachusetts
Central Massachusetts
Central Massachusetts is the geographically central region of Massachusetts. Though definitions vary, most include all of Worcester County and the northwest corner of Middlesex County. Worcester, the largest city in the area and the seat of Worcester County, is often considered the cultural capital...

, bordered by:
  • Hopkinton
    Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Hopkinton is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, just under 30 miles west and south of Boston. The town is best known as the starting point of the Boston Marathon, held annually on Patriots' Day in April, and as the home of computer storage firm EMC Corporation.For geographic and demographic...

     on the north
  • Holliston
    Holliston, Massachusetts
    Holliston is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States in the Greater Boston area. The population was 13,547 at the 2010 census. It is part of the region known as MetroWest. Holliston is the only town in Middlesex County that borders both Norfolk and Worcester...

     on the northeast
  • Medway
    Medway, Massachusetts
    Medway is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the town had a population of 12,752.-History:Medway was first settled in 1657 and was officially incorporated in 1713. At that time, Medway began as a farming community of two hundred thirty-three...

     on the east
  • Bellingham
    Bellingham, Massachusetts
    Bellingham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,332 at the 2010 census. The town sits on the southwestern fringe of Metropolitan Boston, along the rapidly growing "outer belt" that is Route 495...

     on the south
  • Hopedale
    Hopedale, Massachusetts
    Hopedale is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,911 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Hopedale, please see the article Hopedale , Massachusetts....

     on the southwest
  • Upton
    Upton, Massachusetts
    Upton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,542 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Upton-West Upton, please see the article Upton-West Upton, Massachusetts....

     on the west

Demographics

As of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 26,799 people, 10,420 households, and 7,200 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 was 1,835.6 people per square mile (708.7/km²). There were 10,713 housing units at an average density of 733.8 per square mile (283.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 92.95% White, 1.35% Black or African American
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, 0.11% Native American, 1.76% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.99% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 1.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.36% of the population.

There were 10,420 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

 living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the town the population was spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $50,856, and the median income for a family was $61,029. Males had a median income of $42,173 versus $30,989 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the town was $23,742. About 5.8% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.9% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Milford has been growing at a fast rate since the introduction of Interstate 495
Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)
Interstate 495 is the designation of an Interstate Highway half-beltway in Massachusetts. It was the longest auxiliary Interstate Highway of its kind—measuring 120.74 miles —until 1996, when the PA Route 9 section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was redesignated as Interstate 476, making it about ...

 decades ago. Since then, major retailers have opened in town, including Kmart
Kmart
Kmart, sometimes styled as "K-Mart," is a chain of discount department stores. The chain acquired Sears in 2005, forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and...

, Kohl's
Kohl's
Kohl's Corporation is an American department store chain headquartered in the Milwaukee suburb of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, operating , 1,089 stores in 49 states. In 1998, it entered the S&P 500 list, and is also listed in the Fortune 500...

, Target
Target Corporation
Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...

, Lowe's
Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a U.S.-based chain of retail home improvement and appliance stores. Founded in 1946 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, the chain now serves more than 14 million customers a week in its 1,710 stores in the United States and 20 in Canada. Expansion into Canada began in...

, and Sports Authority
Sports Authority
The Sports Authority, Inc. is one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the United States. It is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, and operates more than 460 stores in 45 U.S...

. Other retailers which recently opened stores in Milford include Friendly's
Friendly's
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation is the owner and operator of the Friendly's restaurant chain on the United States' East Coast. Founded in 1935 in Springfield, Massachusetts by brothers Curtis Blake and S. Prestley Blake, 20, their first shop served double-dip cones for 5 cents...

, T.G.I. Friday's
T.G.I. Friday's
T.G.I. Friday's is an American restaurant chain focusing on casual dining. The company is a unit of the Carlson Companies. Its name is taken from the expression TGIF...

, Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. was formed in 1971 and today operates a chain of domestic merchandise retail stores across United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. They feature mostly medium-ranged, but also a limited selection of high quality, domestic merchandise: items for the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen,...

, Staples, Petco
PETCO
PETCO is a chain of retail stores that offers pet supplies and services such as grooming and dog training. Founded in 1965 and incorporated in Delaware, it is headquartered in San Diego, California...

, and Best Buy
Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates...

. Milford was fictitiously featured in a 2008 episode of the Fox television series Fringe
Fringe (TV series)
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...

.

Government and infrastructure

The core of Milford's governing system is the Open Town Meeting, where citizens can voice their opinions, but more importantly, directly affect changes in the community. Along with a Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator, Planning Board, Finance Committee, etc., the citizens of Milford have direct input into how the town is run.

The Massachusetts Department of Correction
Massachusetts Department of Correction
The Massachusetts Department of Correction is responsible for operating the prison system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, US Massachusetts houses over 11,500 inmates throughout 18 correctional facilities and employs over 5,000 employees...

 and the Massachusetts National Guard
Massachusetts National Guard
The Massachusetts National Guard was founded as the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia on December 13, 1636, and contains the oldest units in the United States Army. It is currently headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts and commanded by Major General Joseph C...

 have their headquarters in Milford.

Library

The Milford Public Library was established in 1858. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Milford spent 1.5% ($966,758) of its budget on its public library—some $35 per person.

Schools

Milford Public Schools operates seven public schools http://www.milfordpublicschools.com and one catholic school.

Public schools:
  • Pre-K - Shining Star Early Childhood Center
  • K-2 - Brookside Elementary School
  • K-2 - Memorial Elementary School
  • 3-4 - Woodland Elementary School
  • 5-7 - Stacy Middle School
  • 8 - Middle School East (MSE)
  • 9-12 - Milford High School
    Milford High School (Massachusetts)
    Milford High School is the secondary school for the district of Milford, Massachusetts. It is one choice for Milford students to attend high school. Another is Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School. As seen on the side, the principal is Mr. Michael Tempesta, formerly of...

     (MHS)


Catholic schools:
  • K-6 - Milford Catholic Elementary School (MCES)


Vocational schools:
  • 9-12 - Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School
    Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School
    Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School is a technical high school in Upton, Massachusetts serving the thirteen towns of the Blackstone Valley...

     (eligible town) (located in Upton, Massachusetts
    Upton, Massachusetts
    Upton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,542 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Upton-West Upton, please see the article Upton-West Upton, Massachusetts....

    )

Annual events

  • Independence Day
    Independence Day (United States)
    Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...

     fireworks, held on Plains Park within a day of July 4
  • Portuguese Picnic - A two-night festival held at the Portuguese Club

Sites of interest

  • Memorial Hall
    Memorial Hall (Milford, Massachusetts)
    Memorial Hall is an historic hall located at 30 School Street in Milford, Massachusetts. It was built as a Civil War tribute.Designed by Milford architect Frederick Swasey in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, the hall was built in 1884 from local Milford granite and Longmeadow brownstone. The...

    , home and museum of the Milford Historical Commission
  • Ted's Diner
    Ted's Diner
    Ted's Diner was a historic diner at 67 Main Street in Milford, Massachusetts.-History:Ted's Diner was manufactured by the Tierney Diner company in the 1920s and was, until its demise, the oldest of its make in the country....

    , placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, was the oldest diner built by the Tierney Diner Company. Ted's was left abandoned by the town and vandalized, eventually moved to make way for a new fire station.
  • St. Mary's Cemetery holds the only Irish round tower
    Irish round tower
    Irish round towers , Cloigthithe – literally "bell house") are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with three in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man...

     in the United States, built from local granite.

Media

  • The Milford Daily News
    The Milford Daily News
    The Milford Daily News is a daily newspaper covering Milford, Massachusetts, USA, and several nearby towns in Norfolk and Worcester counties.The newspaper is managed and printed by The MetroWest Daily News...

    is a daily newspaper covering Milford and several nearby towns in Norfolk
    Norfolk County, Massachusetts
    -National protected areas:* Adams National Historical Park* Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area * Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site* John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site-Demographics:...

     and Worcester
    Worcester County, Massachusetts
    -Demographics:In 1990 Worcester County had a population of 709,705.As of the census of 2000, there were 750,963 people, 283,927 households, and 192,502 families residing in the county. The population density was 496 people per square mile . There were 298,159 housing units at an average density...

     counties.
  • WMRC
    WMRC
    WMRC is a radio station licensed to serve Milford, Massachusetts, USA. The station is owned by the First Class Radio Corporation. It airs a full-service Adult Contemporary music format. In addition to its usual music programming, WMRC broadcasts local high school and American Legion sports...

     1490AM is a radio station licensed to serve Milford.
  • Two non-profit Public, educational, and government access
    Public, educational, and government access
    Public, educational, and government access television, refers to three different cable television specialty channels...

     (PEG) cable TV stations serving Milford-area subscribers on Channels 8 and 11. Channel 8 is the Milford town Public-access television
    Public-access television
    Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...

     station that produces and runs a variety of local shows, and Channel 11 is the Milford Educational-access television
    Distance education
    Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...

     station and runs School Committee meetings as well as projects made by students in the high school
    Milford High School (Massachusetts)
    Milford High School is the secondary school for the district of Milford, Massachusetts. It is one choice for Milford students to attend high school. Another is Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School. As seen on the side, the principal is Mr. Michael Tempesta, formerly of...

    's video production classes..

Notable residents

  • Nathan Barnatt
    Nathan Barnatt
    Nathan Barnatt is an American actor and comedian. Barnatt appeared on Comedy Central's The Gong Show with Dave Attell in 2008, on Comedy Central's GHOSTS/ALIENS pilot in 2009, and on in 2010...

    , actor and comedian
  • Michael Bavaro
    Michael Bavaro
    Michael Bavaro is a filmmaker based in Manhattan. Born in 1959, he grew up in Milford, Massachusetts and graduated from Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts with a B.S. degree in communications. In 1980 while at Fitchburg he produced a 16mm documentary film about his hometown of...

    , producer of Rex Trailer
    Rex Trailer
    Rex Trailer is a Boston, Massachusetts based television personality, broadcast pioneer, and Country and Western recording artist. He is best known as the host of the children's show Boomtown.-Early life:...

    's Boomtown
    Boomtown (1956 TV series)
    Boomtown was a weekend children's show on WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts that ran from 1956 through 1974. Boomtown was hosted by Rex Trailer, a singing cowboy...

  • Albert Fitch Bellows
    Albert Fitch Bellows
    Albert Fitch Bellows , American landscape painter of the Hudson River School, was born at Milford, Massachusetts.-Early years:...

    , artist
  • Al Cass
    Al Cass
    Al Cass was an inventor, performer, trumpeter, manufacturer and consultant to other brass musicians.-Early life:...

    , musician and inventor
  • Horace Brigham Claflin
    Horace Brigham Claflin
    Horace Brigham Claflin , American merchant, was born in Milford, Massachusetts.Claflin was educated at Milford Academy, became a clerk in his father's store in Milford, and in 1831, with his brother Aaron and his brother-in-law Samuel Daniels, succeeded to his father's business...

    , merchant
  • William Claflin
    William Claflin
    William Claflin was an industrialist and philanthropist who served as the 27th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1869–1872 and as a member of the United States Congress from 1877–1881....

    , industrialist, philanthropist and governor
  • Vincent Connare
    Vincent Connare
    Vincent Connare is a former Microsoft in-house font designer. Amongst his creations are the Comic Sans font, and the Trebuchet MS font, both of which ship as standard on current releases of Microsoft Windows and Mac OS...

    , designer of the Comic Sans and Trebuchet fonts
  • Ezekiel Cornell
    Ezekiel Cornell
    Ezekiel Cornell represented Rhode Island in the U.S. Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782.Ezekiel Cornell was born in 1732 in either Dartmouth, Massachusetts or Scituate, Rhode Island. He attended the public schools and was employed as a mechanic...

    , member of Continental Congress
    Continental Congress
    The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution....

     1780-1782
  • Paul Coyne
    Paul Coyne
    Paul J. Coyne is an American film and television editor and producer.-Early life:Coyne grew up in Milford, Massachusetts, and always thought he would someday become an artist. His earliest memory is of viewing a re-release of Jay North's Zebra in the Kitchen, at the Milford Cinemas...

    , Emmy-nominated producer of numerous television series
  • John Davoren
    John Davoren
    John Francis Xavier "Jack" Davoren was a U.S. politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1955–1967 and Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1967–1974. While in the house, he served as the House Majority Leader from 1962–1964 and Speaker from...

    , politician
  • Greg Dickerson
    Greg Dickerson
    Greg Dickerson is a Boston sportscaster currently serving as the Boston Celtics sideline reporter and host of The Baseball Show for Comcast SportsNet New England.Dickerson's career began in 1995 at WWTM in Worcester, Massachusetts and WBZ radio in Boston...

    , sports broadcaster
  • William F. Draper
    William F. Draper
    William Franklin Draper was an American businessman, industrialist, and soldier who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Biography:Draper was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on April 9, 1842...

    , U.S. Representative, U.S. Ambassador to Italy
  • Brian Fair
    Brian Fair
    Brian Fair is an American musician from Massachusetts, best known as lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Shadows Fall. He graduated from Milford High School in 1993 and went on to study literature at Boston University.-History:...

    , lead singer of the metal band Shadows Fall
    Shadows Fall
    Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. They are one of the few contemporary metal bands who take their lyrical influence from Eastern philosophy and some references to the Rastafari culture...

  • Rich Gotham
    Rich Gotham
    Rich Gotham is an alumnus of Providence College and resident of Medfield, Massachusetts. On April 18, 2007 he was named President of the National Basketball Association team Boston Celtics...

    , president of the Boston Celtics
  • George F. Johnson
    George F. Johnson
    George Francis Johnson was an American businessman.-Early life:George Francis Johnson was born in Milford, Massachusetts on October 14, 1857 to Francis A. Johnson and Sarah Jane Johnson. His siblings were Oscar, C. Fred Johnson, Harry L., and Charlotte...

    , businessman
  • Art Kenney
    Art Kenney
    Arthur Joseph Kenney is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Bees during the 1938 season. Listed at 6' 0", 175 lb., he batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Milford, Massachusetts....

    , pitcher for the Boston Bees {later renamed the Boston Braves} in 1938
  • Charles Laquidara
    Charles Laquidara
    Charles Laquidara is an American radio disc jockey whose show, The Big Mattress, was broadcast in the Boston, Massachusetts area for nearly 30 years on WBCN. He spent four years doing The Charles Laquidara Radio Hour on WZLX...

    , radio disc jockey
  • Howie Long
    Howie Long
    Howard "Howie" Matthew Moses Long is an American former National Football League defensive end and actor. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000...

    , NFL Hall of Famer, TV broadcaster and actor
  • Virginia Martinez
    Virginia Martinez (Louisiana politician)
    Virginia Morse Martinez, usually known as Ginny Martinez , was a long-term Louisiana Republican Party official who is credited with having landed her party's 1988 national convention in her adopted home city of New Orleans. Delegates nominated the Bush-Quayle ticket...

    , Republican
    Republican Party (United States)
    The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

     National Committeewoman from Louisiana
    Louisiana
    Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

     from 1977 to 1992; landed the Republican convention in 1988 in her adopted city of New Orleans
  • Leonard Chapin Mead
    Leonard Chapin Mead
    Leonard Chapin Mead was the acting president of Tufts University from 1966 to 1967, between the terms of the eighth and ninth elected presidents.-Early life and education:...

    , college president
  • Richard T. Moore
    Richard T. Moore
    Richard T. Moore Richard T. Moore Richard T. Moore (born is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts and a member of the Massachusetts State Senate.-Biography:Richard T. Moore was born in Milford, Massachusetts. He is married to the former Joanne Bednarz of Uxbridge, Massachusetts...

    , politician
  • Joseph E. Murray, pioneer in the area of organ transplants, 1990 recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine
  • John Ritto Penniman
    John Ritto Penniman
    John Ritto Penniman was a painter in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He created portraits, landscapes, and allegorical paintings, as well as designs for engravings, such as the official seal of the city of Boston in 1822. He also worked as an assistant to Gilbert Stuart. Penniman died in 1841 in...

    , decorative painter, portraitist and decorator; his works are currently displayed in several notable museums, such as the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago
    Art Institute of Chicago
    The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...

  • Gerard Phelan
    Gerard Phelan
    Gerard Phelan is a former college football player, who lined up at wide receiver for Boston College.-Early years:Phelan played football for Archbishop John Carroll Catholic High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1981....

    , football player who caught the famous 63 yard game winning touchdown pass (thrown by Doug Flutie
    Doug Flutie
    Douglas Richard "Doug" Flutie is a former American and Canadian football quarterback. Flutie played college football at Boston College, and played professionally in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, and United States Football League...

    ) for the Boston College Eagles
    Boston College Eagles
    The Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. They compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. The women's crew team competes in the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing...

     in an NCAA game against the Miami Hurricanes
    Miami Hurricanes
    The Miami Hurricanes, of Coral Gables, Florida, are the varsity sports teams of the University of Miami. They compete in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The university fields 15 athletic teams for 17 varsity sports...

    .
  • Ruth Pointer
    Ruth Pointer
    Ruth Pointer is an American R&B singer, best known for being the eldest member of The Pointer Sisters.-Early life:Pointer was born in Oakland, California. She began her vocal training as a director of a junior choir in her father's church.-The Pointer Sisters:Joining her sisters in 1972, the...

    , singer and member of The Pointer Sisters
  • Jim Pyne
    Jim Pyne
    James M. Pyne is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League...

    , former NFL player
  • Jorge Rivera
    Jorge Rivera (fighter)
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