Shrewsbury, Westborough & Inner Worcester Suburbs

I-90 Mass Pike / I-290 / I-495 / MBTA Worcester Line

The immediate suburban ring around Worcester. Anchored by Shrewsbury (an affluent eastern suburb on Lake Quinsigamond with a highly-rated school district), Westborough (home to IBM, Fidelity, and New Balance operations, plus one of the top school districts in Central Massachusetts), Northborough, Grafton (home to Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine), Millbury, Auburn (home to the Auburn Mall), Holden, Boylston, West Boylston, Paxton, and Leicester. The region is served by the MBTA Framingham/Worcester Commuter Rail Line with stations at Westborough, Grafton, and Worcester.