New England Communities Online 

Over 550 cities, towns and villages! 

These sites vary in style and content but all offer insight into what the locals think about their community.   Some communities have merged to form a regional statement while others rely on business groups, libraries and individuals to represent themselves on the Internet.   

Don't disregard the library pages.  Many provide little known information about a community and some have valuable research tools, especially for tracing name or family roots.   Many are happy to respond to questions via email or snail mail. 

Did we miss your New England Community?  Send it in, with a brief site description, to the Add a site email link, above.  And thanks.  

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New England

Connecticut  The Official State of Connecticut Internet Site  

The Electronic Valley represents the communities of Connecticut's lower Naugatuck River Valley: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Naugatuck, Oxford, Seymour and Shelton.  But don't take our word for it.  In 2000 the Naugatuck River Valley was named an All-American City.  This attractive site offers lots of information and links on the area and has photographs of many of the people who makes this valley a great place to visit.

Ansonia All-American City 
Avon

Beacon Falls All-American City

Berlin  Home of the Berlin Fair
Bozrah
Branford

The Town of Branford, has an attractive and informative site about what's doing in the shoreline community.  This is the town's official site.
Bridgeport
Cheshire  The bedding plant capitol of Connecticut
Chester
Clinton
Colchester
Columbia  Birthplace of Dartmouth College
Coventry Birthplace of Nathan Hale
Danbury government information 
Darien
Deep River   Fine Town with pipes and drums
Derby All-American City
Durham government information but great fall fair
East Hampton  Wonderful antique center
East Hartford
East Haven 
East Lyme 
Essex   Wonderful river views from the CT River Museum
Franklin  The official page
Glastonbury
Goshen  
Greenwich, Motto Fortitudine Et Frugalitate (Courage and Thrift)
Guilford
Haddam Only town on both sides of the CT River
Hartford  Grand history and wonderful neighborhoods
Hebron
Kent
Killingworth rural and suburban....
Lebanon  
Ledyard  

The Oliver Wolcott Library, the principal free public library of the Town of Litchfield selects, organizes, distributes and preserves a collection of print and non-print materials as a source of information, enlightenment, and recreation for community members designed to meet their personal, educational or professional needs.
Manchester  
Meriden  
Middletown  On the CT river and the city is getting it right
Milford
Stonington 

Naugatuck All-American City 
Newington  

New Britain has always been the state's "hardware city" but as with so much of New England's industrial base, hardware is no longer make in town.  But the city is far from down and out.  Home to Connecticut State University, grand buildings and homes, a thriving downtown and wonderful parks the community has adapted to changing times for the better.  The attractive site includes some fine pictures of what to see in New Britain, lots of local information and upcoming events in the city.
New Hartford  good local links for things to do
New Haven  again, great neighborhoods 
New London  on the shore and the home New England Wow
New Milford  
North Branford 
North Haven
North Stonington  
Norwalk  
Norwich  some of the grandest old homes in the state
Old Lyme  local color-no pictures-in the OLD LYME TYMES
Old Saybrook
Oxford All-American City  
Portland  light-years from Middletown, but just over the bridge
Redding 
Ridgefield  
Salem
Seymour  All-American City  
Shelton All-American City
Simsbury
Somers 
South Windsor
Stamford  
Suffield  
Trumbull 

Washington The official site of this small but thriving community. 
Waterford 
Watertown Watertown Library Association
West Hartford  
West Haven 
Westbrook home of the "singing bridge" and great views of Long Island Sound.
Westport 

WestportNow is a new site about Westport, Connecticut.  They modestly proclaim that they are a 24/7 news and information source  that is one of only a handful of non-newspaper, non-broadcast professionally written and edited community news sites in the nation.  
Wethersfield  "Ye Most Ancient Towne" official page
Wilton
Windsor 
Woodbury  

Maine  Official State of Maine page   Maine office of Tourism

Acton
Albion
Andover
Anson
Athens Kennebec Valley Council of Governments
Atkinson part of The Three Rivers Community Internet Project
Auburn
Augusta
Bath

The Official Website of the Town of Bar Harbor is where the locals can go to find out what the Council is doing, the mill rate and how the town's government is doing.  With a colorful map of the town and a search program.
Belfast  Chamber of Commerce-good events listing
Belgrade
Benton
Bingham
Boothbay Harbor
Bowdoinham
Brewer official with good economic development info
Brownville part of The Three Rivers Community Internet Project
Brunswick
Bucksport
Buxton
Byron
Canaan
Cape Elizabeth
Charlotte
Chebeague  Island
 Chelsea
China
Cliff Island
Columbia Falls
Cornish
Cumberland 
Dayton
Deer Isle
Dexter
Dover-Foxcroft
Dresden
Durham
East Boothbay
Easton
Eastport
Edgecomb
Ellsworth.com is a hosted site with lots of links to the community.
Embden
Eustis
Falmouth
Farmingdale
Fayette
Fort Fairfield
Fort Kent
Freedom
Frye Island
Gardiner 
Gorham
Gray
Greenville sent us a correction to their official site.  Nice town with an attractive site of an official nature and a great photograph of the countryside.
Hallowell
Hampden Historical info is short but interesting
Hanover
Harmony
Harpswell
Hartland
Hermon
Hollis
Houlton
Islesboro
Jackman Kennebec Valley Council, good local links at bottom. 
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Kittery
Lake View part of The Three Rivers Community Internet Project
Lamoine
Lewiston
Limerick 
Lincoln 
Lincolnville
Lisbon
Litchfield
Lubec
Lyman
Madawaska
Madison
Manchester
Medford  part of The Three Rivers Community Internet Project
Mercer Kennebec Valley Council of Governments
Milbridge
Millinocket
Milo  part of The Three Rivers Community Internet Project
Monhegan
Monmouth
Moose River
Moosehead Lake
Moscow
Mt. Vernon
New Portland
Newport
Norridgewock
Oakland
Ogunquit
Old Orchard Beach
Orono
Owl's Head
Palermo
Palmyra
Peru
Pittsfield
Pittston
Poland
Portage
Portland  one of the best cities in the country and a very useful site for residents, tourists and businesses.
Presque Isle
Randolph
Rangeley
Raymond
Readfield
Ripley
Rockland
Rockport
Rome
Roxbury
Rumford River Valley Chamber of Commerce
Saco
St. Agatha
St. Albans
Go Scarborough! is a guide to Scarborough, Maine and Greater Portland.  They offer up-to-date information on the area and is a good place to plan a visit.  The site has plenty of local links. 
Searsmont
Shapleigh
Smithfield
Solon
South Portland
Southport
Standish
Starks
Stonington

The Three Rivers Community Internet Project is a not-for-profit organization run by volunteers group of towns in central Maine including Atkinson, Brownville, LaGrange, Lake View, Medford, Milo, and Sebec, with a total population of about 5,000 people.  With local color, picture and frequently updated information on the region, the site offers visitors a chance to see what's going on and what is important to the people in the region.
Thorndike

Turner was incorporated in 1786 and while some things have changed in the community-like having an Internet site-they've maintained their connection to the past.  The site has good local links and information for visitors, businesses or just the curious.   
Unity
Vassalboro
Vienna
Vinalhaven Island
Waterville
Wells
West Gardiner
Whiting
Winslow
Winthrop
Yarmouth
York

Massachusetts  The official State of Massachusetts page

A Tour of Massachusetts History and Trivia 

Adams
Amesbury 
Amherst
Andover  
Arlington has made good use of the Internet with its official town site.  They provide up-to-date reports on official meetings and actions, local issues, agency and school information and a review of where the town is heading for the year 2020.  This attractive and easy to use site also includes a section on Town Laws with bylaws, codes, zoning and traffic regulations clearly spelled out for the curious.
Ashburnham
Ashby
Ashland
Attleborough
Ayer
Barnstable
Barre
Becket
Bedford
Belchertown
Belmont
Beverly
Bolton
Boston
Bourne
Braintree
Brewster Ladies' library
Bridgewater
Brockton
Brookfield Fire Dept.
Brookline 
Burlington
Cambridge
Canton
Carlisle
Chatham
Chelmsford
Chelsea
Chester
Chesterfield Hampshire Regional High School
Chilmark
Clarksburg
Clinton
Cohasset
Concord
Dalton
Danvers
Dartmouth
Dedham
Douglas
Dover Dover Town Library
Duxbury
Easthampton
Easton
Egremont
Erving  Erving Elementary School
Everett  Everett Public Libraries

The Millicent Library in Fairhaven offers much more than books-it is the focus for much of what goes on in the coastal community and its web site represents the community on the Internet.  The library offers arts exhibits, book discussions with authors and experts on books and publishing, news on local community events and wonderful information on the community's history.  Fairhaven was the home of oil industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers who built the Library, High School and the Town Hall and who entertained Mark Twain in his 85 room mansion in town and helped the author weather a financial storm.  Another fascinating story at the site is how Fairhaven and New Bedford became Sister Cities with the Japanese community of Tosashimizu -the story starts with a shipwreck in 1841.  The site is easy to explore and well worth a visit, just like the community.
Fall River
Falmouth
Fitchburg
Florida
Foxborough   The Boyden Library
Framingham 
Franklin
Gardner  The furniture capital of New England
Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Georgetown  Georgetown Highway Department
Gloucester
Grafton
Great Barrington
Greenfield

The Halifax, Massachusetts official web site was recently expanded to include an events calendar, employment opportunities with the Town, seasonal festivities and opening for volunteers on the Town's boards and committees.  A good place to start in learning about Halifax and its people.
Hampden
Hancock
Hanover
Hanson
Harvard
Harwich
Haverhill The official web site provides detailed information on the community, how to get things done and who's calling the shots until the next election.

Haverhillusacom is a commercial site-part of a much larger national web service-offering local information, links and an advertising platform to local, state and national businesses.  Viewers will be surprised at the number of links the site has to offer for little Haverhill.
Hingham
Hinsdale
Holbrook
Holden
Holliston
Holyoke
Hopkinton
Hubbardston 
Hudson
Hull
Kingston
Lancaster
Lanesborough
Lawrence
Lee
Leicester
Lenox
Leominster
Lexington
Leyden
Lincoln
Longmeadow
Lowell
Lunenburg   Ritter Memorial Library
Lynn
Lynnfield  Lynnfield Public Library
Malden
Mansfield
Marblehead
Marlborough
Marshfield
Mashpee
Maynard
Medford
Medway   Medway Public Library
Melrose
Merrimac URL corrected on 5/24-02 but the site was not working.
Middleborough
Milford
Milton
Monterey
Mount Washington
Nantucket
Natick  Home of Horatio Alger, Jr.  
Needham
New Ashford
New Bedford
New Marlborough
Newburyport
Newton
Norfolk Norfolk Public Library
North Adams
Northampton
Northborough
Northbridge  a private page with local info-1997 update
Northfield
Norton
Norwell
Norwood
Oakham  Forbes Memorial Library
Old Deerfield Mass
Otis
Palmer   Palmer Public Library
Paxton  Richards Memorial Library
Peabody
Pembroke
Pepperell
Peru
Pittsfield
Plainville
Plymouth
Plympton
Princeton
Provincetown
Quincy The City of Presidents

Revere  Birth place of Horatio Alger, Jr.  
Reading
Richmond
Rochester  Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library
Rockland
Rutland
People first settled in what came to be called Salem before there was a Massachusetts.  With nearly four centuries of history, there is much to this maritime community aside from the Witch Trials that makes an online or actual visit well worth while.
Sandisfield  info provided by
Saugus
Savoy
Scituate
Seekonk  Seekonk Public Library
Sheffield
Sherborn
Shirley Hazen Memorial Library
Shrewsbury
Shutesbury
Somerville
South Hadley  South Hadley Public Library
Southwick  Southwick Fire Official Web Site
Springfield
Stockbridge Stockbridge Good site from the Chamber
Sudbury
Taunton  Good looking official page
Templeton  Greater Gardner
Tewksbury
Tisbury
Truro Truro Public Library
Tyringham Upton
Wakefield
Walpole
Waltham
Washington
Wayland
Wellesley  with an audio introduction
West Boylston
West Bridgewater
West Springfield  The birthplace of the Morgan horse
West Stockbridge
West Tisbury  West Tisbury Public Library
Westborough
Westfield
Westford
Westminster
Worcester County is an "unofficial" site but it is chock full with regional information, great links and has wonderful historical data to research or simply enjoy. 
Weston
Westwood   Westwood Public Library
Weymouth
Whitman
Wilbraham
Williamstown
Wilmington
Winchendon  Greater Gardner
Winchester
Woburn Woburn Public Library
Worcester
Wrentham
Yarmouth

New Hampshire  The official State of New  Hampshire page

Acworth 
Alexandria
Alton  Lake Winnipesaukee Region
Barrington  Barrington Chamber of Commerce
Bedford
Berlin
Bow
Brookline
Center Harbor  Lake Winnipesaukee Region
Claremont
Colebrook
Concord
Deering Granted a place name by King George III, 1774
Derry
Dover
Dunbarton
Durham 
East Kingston
Enfield  
Epping  
Exeter Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce
Franklin
Freedom
Gilford  Lake Winnipesaukee Region
Goffstown   Goffstown School District
Greenfield   up and down at times
Hanover
Hillsborough   Birthplace of Franklin Pierce
Hollis 
Hooksett 

Hudson-on the east bank of the Merrimack River-has 20,000 people living in a community that combines the best of suburban and rural life.  Like may towns in the area, the community goes back a few centuries with the first settlers arriving around 1672.   The Site includes the community's history, photographs and ways to help others in this fine New England town.
Keene 
Kensington  Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce
Kingston 
Laconia Chamber of Commerce
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lisbon Home of the lilac festival 
Litchfield
Littleton  
Manchester Official City information and links
Manchester Chamber of Commerce 
Marlow  
Meredith
Merrimack
Milford
Milton
Nashua  
New Boston  Since 1736 a fine town
Newbury  
Newfields Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce
Newmarket
Newton

Ossipee has 4,211 people and a wonderful "official" Internet site. If you live in Ossipee, or even if you don't, you can find out who to call in town hall, when meetings will take place and easily find phone numbers, names and address of the people who work-as employees or volunteers-for the community of Ossipee.  But visitors to the community can also view wonderful pictures of residents-at meetings, working fire fighting equipment or just enjoying their fine New Hampshire place-and plan a walking tour of historic Ossipee with the online map.  They also have good information and links on things to do, local organizations and businesses in town.  The County seat of Carroll County, they are putting the technology of the Internet to very good use.   Also of interest at the site is the Ossipee Historical Society in Center Ossipee, which is open from May to the end of October.
Pelham

"Incorporation of Pembroke was granted on November 1, 1759, "authorizing the levying and collecting such Province Tax as shall be imposed upon them by law as any other Town or Parish in this Province." On the passage of the act of incorporation, the Plantation of Suncook ceased to be and the Town of Pembroke took her place in the fair sisterhood of the Commonwealth of New Hampshire to enjoy all the rights and privileges belonging to towns."

From the town's page.  Today they say, Prosper in Pembroke, and they have a point.  An attractive, informative site that is fun to read and explore; much like the town.

Peterborough  

If you want to know about Plymouth, New Hampshire you could move there or you could visit Plymouth Interactive.   A community web site with a local commercial emphasis, the service includes tour information, a good business listing, links and news on community organizations, upcoming events in Plymouth and if that's not enough, a live web cam.  

  
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce

Pro Portsmouth is a well named and useful site about the historic seacoast community on that small, but beautiful slip of land that is New Hampshire's ocean shoreline.   The non-profit is a driving force in promoting the community's artistic and business sectors-they have a very good, and current, calendar of events-and it produces a series of annual community festivities including First Night Portsmouth, the Winter Solstice Celebration, Children's Day and Market Square Day- one  of the largest community celebrations in of northern New England.  The site is attractive, easy- to- use and an excellent resource to plan a visit.
Raymond
Rochester  
Salem  
Shelburne
Somersworth 
Stratham Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce
Warner home of the Warner Fall Festival 
Weare 

Whitefield
Wolfeboro Lake Winnipesaukee Region 

Rhode Island  The official State of Rhode Island page

Block Island USA    A promotional site

Town of Barrington
East Bay Chamber of Commerce (Barrington, Bristol, Warren)
Town of Bristol
Town of Charlestown
Town of Coventry, the largest town in Rhode Island 
Greater Cranston Chamber of Commerce

Town of Cumberland 
Town of East Greenwich
East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce 
City of East Providence good site for local information   
East Providence Chamber of Commerce 
Town of Johnston
Town of Middletown
Narragansett Chamber of Commerce  

Newport Rhode Island-the Official Page-is where the city puts its departments on the web. For local government information, this is the place to go.  

Town of North Kingstown 
North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce 
Greater Westerly - Pawcatuck Area Chamber of Commerce
Town of Portsmouth Birthplace of American democracy in 1638  
City of Providence 
Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce  
Providence Convention and Visitors Bureau 
Town of Scituate
Town of South Kingstown
Town of Tiverton
Wakefield - South Kingston Chamber of Commerce

City of Warwick
Town of Westerly and Watch Hill 
Greater Westerly/Pawcatuck Area Chamber of Commerce 
City of Woonsocket
Welcome to Woonsocket

Vermont  The official State of Vermont page 

The Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing

Arlington Chamber of Commerce
City of Barre
Barton Area Chamber of Commerce
Bennington Chamber of Commerce
The Capitol and an interesting city.
Morrisville - Lamoille Valley Chamber of Commerce
New Fane (unofficial)
Town of Poultny
Putney 
Quechee Chamber of Commerce
Randolph Area Chamber of Commerce
Town of Roxbury
Town of Rutland  A great page, just like the town. Worth a visit.
Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce
Town of Shelburne
Smuggler's Notch Area Chamber of Commerce
City of South Burlington
Springfield Chamber of Commerce
City of St. Albans
Sugarbush Chamber of Commerce
Town of Thetford
Town and Village of Waterbury
Town of Williamstown
Town of Williston
Wilmington - Mount Snow Chamber of Commerce
Woodstock Chamber of Commerce

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