During January and February, your local newspaper asked adults to vote in print or online for their "#1 Choice" in a variety of categories including shopping, services, arts & entertainment, restaurants, places to go and more.  All ballots were sent directly to an independent consultant where more than 370,000 votes were tallied, and results were published in a special section and online.

This fun and competitive readers poll helps reward those people, businesses and establishments that make your town a great place to live, and serves as a gold mine of information that will be referred to throughout the year.


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And the winners are... choose your town <-- A --> Arlington Allston Amesbury Acton Andover Abington Avon Ashland <-- B --> Brewster Barnstable Bourne Brighton Boston Brookline Beverly Boxford Bedford Belmont Billerica Burlington Bolton Boxborough Braintree Bridgewater Berlin Bellingham Blackstone Brockton <-- C --> Chatham Cambridge Carlisle Chelmsford Clinton Concord Cohasset Carver Canton <-- D --> Dover Danvers Duxbury Dennis Dedham <-- E --> Essex Eastham East Bridgewater Easton <-- F --> Falmouth Framingham Foxborough Franklin <-- G --> Georgetown Groveland Gloucester <-- H --> Harvard Hyannis Hyde Park Hamilton Haverhill Harwich Holbrook Halifax Holliston Hopkinton Hudson Hanover Hingham Hopedale Hanson <-- I --> Ipswich <-- J --> Jamaica Plain <-- K --> Kingston <-- L --> Lexington Lancaster Lincoln Littleton Lynn Lynnfield Lakeville <-- M --> Malden Medford Melrose Maynard Marshfield Marblehead Mashpee Manchester Marion Mattapoisett Marlborough Middleton Merrimac Medfield Medway Mendon Milford Millis Mansfield <-- N --> Norwell North Reading Needham Newton Newbury Newburyport Nahant North Andover Northborough Natick Norfolk Northbridge Norton Norwood <-- O --> Orleans <-- P --> Peabody Provincetown Pembroke Plymouth Plympton Plainville <-- R --> Reading Randolph Rockport Raynham Roslindale Rockland Rowley Rochester <-- S --> Saugus Stoneham Stow Scituate Salem Swampscott Sandwich Sherborn Somerville Salisbury Sudbury Shrewsbury Southborough Sharon Stoughton <-- T --> Tewksbury Topsfield Truro Taunton <-- U --> Upton Uxbridge <-- W --> Wilmington Winchester Woburn Wakefield Westford Weymouth West Roxbury Waltham Watertown Wellesley West Newbury Wenham Wellfleet West Bridgewater Whitman Wareham Westborough Wayland Weston Wrentham Walpole Westwood <-- Y --> Yarmouth