Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner & North County

MA-2 Route 2 / I-190 / I-495 / MA-140 / MBTA Fitchburg Line

Northern Worcester County — the 'Twin Cities' of Fitchburg and Leominster plus Gardner and the rural northern towns. Anchored by Fitchburg (home to Fitchburg State University), Leominster (the plastics manufacturing center and birthplace of Johnny Appleseed — John Chapman), Gardner ('the Chair City' — historically the center of American furniture manufacturing), Clinton (Wachusett Reservoir town), Lancaster (home to Atlantic Union College), Lunenburg, Ashburnham, Winchendon, Ashby, Templeton, Phillipston, Princeton (home to Wachusett Mountain ski area), Sterling, Westminster, Hubbardston, Rutland, and the rural Central MA farm towns. Served by the MBTA Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line.