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Welcome to American Alarms’ business and home security page for Westminster, Massachusetts. This informational page provides important crime data along with additional information for those living in or considering moving to Westminster.
According to the FBI Crime Database for Massachusetts’ 279 cities and towns, Westminster was ranked 40th in “Most Property Damage per 100,000” in 2013 declining from 92nd in 2012. It was 182nd for “Most Burglaries per 100,000” declining from 208th in 2012.
Based in New England since 1971, we’ve worked in the Westminster area for decades. We know the landscape and we have good relationships with local police and fire officials. Our team of employees (200 strong and growing) live in the communities we serve, this means our customers are our neighbors.
The town of Westminster was first settled by European colonists in 1737, and just twenty years after being settled, it became incorporated and named Westminster, with its name coming from a city of the same name in England.
Like many towns in central Massachusetts, Westminster has been a rural town since its conception. Prior to settlers arriving in the area, natives lived in the area and used it’s plentiful resources as a base for their settlement. Since the town was formed, industry never became prominent in town. With Fitchburg and Leominster both neighboring the town, it serves mostly as a residential community. The town with a population of over 7,000 remains a close-knit community, with an excellent school system and rural nature it attracts new residents to town.
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Due to the rural nature of the town, much of the recreation revolves around the outdoors, including sites Crocker Pond, Hager Park and Leominster State Forest. Leominster Sate Forest is set on over 4,000 acres and contains parts of many towns, Westminster included. Among the recreation in the park is biking, fishing, hiking, kayaking, rock climbing and swimming. People also come to Crocker Pond to fish for some of the massive fish it is home to and to Hager Park for some secluded hiking.
Gregory Ciottone was born in Washington D.C., but was raised in the neighboring towns of Boston, where learned of his interest for medicine. After graduating from St. Mark’s School in Southborough, he would go on to attend Colby College and later the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Since graduating, he has written many medical entries and other educational materials regarding disaster medicine and emergency management. As a current resident of Westminster, Ciottone is a professor at Harvard University and Director of the Disaster Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Marcus A. Coolidge is best known for his involvement in politics, which his family has had deep ties to. Born and raised in Westminster, Coolidge would attend the local schools and later Bryant & Stratton College where he would get his start in business, working for his father’s manufacturing chairs. He got his start in politics in 1916 when he would be elected Mayor of Fitchburg and fifteen years later, he became a Massachusetts State Senator for nearly six years. Among his family members involved in politics were his father Frederick, who was a member of the House of Representatives, and his distant relative, Calvin who was the thirtieth President of the United States.
Nelson A. Miles is best known for his military involvement which spanned three major wars in the history of the United States. Born and raised in Westminster, Miles would learn of military history and tactics before enlisting in 1861, to fight for the Union Army in the Civil War. Shortly after the War started, he was promoted to Lieutenant, and as the War waged on, he would eventually become a Major General. Miles later held high ranki8ng positions in both the long lasting Indian Wars and the Spanish-American Wars before retiring from the military in 1903.
Westminster, MA, United States
Sales: 781-859-2400
Security Command Center:
781-859-2700
FAX: 781-648-0199
Technical Support: 781-859-2600
Accounting: 781-859-2500
Human Resources: 781-859-2300
Advanced Signal: 781-963-2024
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