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Overall Community Rankings - November 2008
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Rank
Town
Stars
1
North Reading
2
Shrewsbury
3
Groton
4
Grafton
5
Medway
6
Douglas
7
Boylston
8
Leominster
9
Gill
10
Uxbridge
11
Natick
12
Northampton
13
Hopkinton
14
Lee
15
Deerfield
16
Athol
17
Greenfield
18
Hingham
19
Chelmsford
20
Boxborough
21
Ashland
22
Bernardston
23
Sharon
24
Belchertown
25
Provincetown
26
Palmer
27
Harwich
28
Gardner
29
Norton
30
Truro
31
Dalton
32
Orange
33
Foxborough
34
Walpole
35
Franklin
36
Manchester
37
Barnstable
38
Orleans
39
Plainville
40
Rockland
41
Plymouth
42
Ipswich
43
Canton
44
Norfolk
45
Falmouth
46
Eastham
47
Mashpee
48
Wellfleet
49
Salisbury
50
Revere
51
Essex
52
Spencer
53
Brewster
54
Merrimac
55
Newburyport
56
Lunenburg
57
Northbridge
58
Sutton
59
North Attleborough
60
Northborough
61
Concord
62
Wellesley
63
Bourne
64
North Andover
65
Upton
66
Sheffield
67
Hull
68
Sandwich
69
Dudley
70
Lancaster
71
Whately
72
Littleton
73
Somerville
74
North Brookfield
75
Templeton
76
East Brookfield
77
Conway
78
Wareham
79
Hubbardston
80
Charlton
81
Rutland
82
Chatham
83
Aquinnah
84
Lakeville
85
Abington
86
Shirley
87
Mattapoisett
88
Millville
89
Colrain
90
Winchester
91
Mendon
92
Rochester
93
Easthampton
94
Dracut
95
Arlington
96
Monson
97
Weston
98
Leverett
99
Berkley
100
Westport
101
Millbury
102
Great Barrington
103
Blackstone
104
Phillipston
105
Oxford
106
Dennis
107
Sunderland
108
Westminster
109
Amherst
110
Yarmouth
111
Carlisle
112
Belmont
113
Rockport
114
Dedham
115
Winthrop
116
Middleton
117
Russell
118
Wayland
119
Billerica
120
Northfield
121
West Brookfield
122
Dover
123
Ashfield
124
Winchendon
125
Ashburnham
126
South Hadley
127
Reading
128
Brimfield
129
Barre
130
Fitchburg
131
Shelburne
132
Warren
133
Hardwick
134
Buckland
135
Heath
136
Medfield
137
Chester
138
Holland
139
Wales
140
Acton
141
Cohasset
142
Amesbury
143
Hatfield
144
Haverhill
145
Ware
146
Charlemont
147
Norwell
148
Leyden
149
Danvers
150
Chelsea
151
Sherborn
152
Boston
153
Nahant
154
Williamstown
155
Attleboro
156
Millis
157
Stow
158
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