Vinal statue in Vinal Square, or North Chelmsford Center North Chelmsford is an unincorporated village in the town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States.
Although North Chelmsford has its own zip code (01863), library, postal service, fire station, water district, and small-town calling area, it is run by the same small-town town government and shares a school precinct with Chelmsford.
North Chelmsford is lesser and more densely populated than neighboring Chelmsford.
North Chelmsford's separate identity, a hotly debated issue, is still a topic of discussion - the Lowell Sun ran an article on August 7, 2005 describing the situation as "Chelmsford's Civil War Still Raging On." Even with the desire of North Chelmsfordians to secede, South Chelmsford has a stronger economy and is generally more wealthy and well-to-do than its parasitic twin to the north.
Chelmsford High School is positioned in North Chelmsford.
The students who live in North Chelmsford go to Harrington Elementary School and later, Parker Middle School.
On behalf of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, first opened in North Chelmsford in 1982; this facility, which had 16 beds, was on Princeton Street, near the border with Lowell. In 2006 the school moved to its current locale in Westborough. It is also the site of Varney Park, the Chelmsford Senior Center, and the North Chelmsford Water District.
Route 3 has two signed North Chelmsford exits - one for Route 40 (Exit 33), the other for Drum Hill (Exit 32).
A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail station is proposed to be positioned in North Chelmsford should a proposed extension of the Lowell Line to Nashua, New Hampshire be completed.
Rotenberg School North Chelmsford, Massachusetts" (Archive).
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