⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Driving Main Street and Myrtle Street in Ashland, Massachusetts

February 26, 2023 - 11:40 AM
27°F / -3°C
Dashcam view of driving northbound on Main Street and Myrtle Street in Ashland, Massachusetts.
Highlights:
0:37 - Kidde-Fenwal headquarters (on right)
1:42 - Entering downtown Ashland
2:17 - Montenegro Square (on right)
2:37 - The Federated Church of Ashland (on right), Ashland Town Hall (on left)
2:59 - Ashland Historical Society (on left); Myrtle Street begins
3:07 - Mill Pond Park (on left), crossing over Sudbury River
From Wikipedia:
Ashland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the MetroWest region. The population was 18,832 at the 2020 United States Census.
Two major routes, 135 and 126, pass through Ashland. Route 135 is dominated by older residential development of varying density and is also part of the route for the Boston Marathon, which began in Ashland on Pleasant Street until the start was moved to Hopkinton's Main Street in 1924. Route 126 has developed rapidly since the 1980s, as farms have given way to shopping centers and condominiums. A part of the draw of Ashland, and one that has been publicized in recent years, is its "ideal" location about halfway between the cities of Boston and Worcester. Travel is easy, with its own stop on the Framingham/Worcester Commuter Rail Line and nearby access to both I-90 and I-495. Ashland is considered part of MetroWest, which also consists of the towns of Framingham, Holliston, and Hopkinton.
Even though Ashland has left its humble roots as a rural area, it still retains the look and feel of a typical residential Boston-area New England town. Traditions like Ashland Day and small-town favorites like the ice cream shop Murphy's and breakfast joint Sunnyside Cafe maintain the feeling of a close-knit community. Ashland's longstanding rival for the Thanksgiving Day football game is Hopkinton, a rivalry with roots in the formation of the town and the resulting 1846 dispute concerning Ashland's fire engine "Megunko 1."