Woburn (/ˈwuːbərn/ WOO-bərn) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Woburn was first settled in 1640 near Horn Pond, a primary source of the Mystic River, and was officially incorporated in 1642.

At that time the area included present day towns of Woburn, Winchester, Burlington, and parts of Stoneham and Wilmington.

Michael Bacon, Ralph Hill, Thomas Richardson were chosen as Surveyors of Highways.

[5][6] List of important events Woburn was the scene of a high-profile water contamination crisis.

During the mid to late 1970s, the local community became concerned over the high incidence of childhood leukemia and other illnesses, particularly in the Pine Street area of east Woburn.

After high levels of chemical contamination were found in City of Woburn's Wells G and H in 1979, some members of the community suspected that the unusually high incidence of leukemia, cancer, and a wide variety of other health problems were linked to the possible exposure to volatile organic compounds in the groundwater pumped from wells G and H. In May 1982, a number of citizens whose children had developed or died from leukemia filed a civil lawsuit against two corporations, W. R. Grace and Company and Beatrice Foods.

Grace's subsidiary, Cryovac, and Beatrice were suspected of contaminating the groundwater by improperly disposing of trichloroethylene (TCE), perchloroethylene (perc or PCE) and other industrial solvents at their facilities in Woburn near wells G and H. In a controversial decision, Judge Walter Jay Skinner ruled that the jurors should answer questions that they and many others considered confusing.

A United States Environmental Protection Agency report later found Beatrice and Grace responsible for the contamination.

[14] In 1998 the book was turned into a movie starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall, also titled A Civil Action.

Woburn features a humid continental climate, similar to those of many of the other Boston suburban areas.

Summers are generally warm or hot and often accompanied with humidity, though not nearly as bad as cities in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, and even Rhode Island.

High pressure from the Gulf of Mexico, occasionally brings much hotter conditions with temperatures sometimes topping near 100, though this is fairly rare and only happens so often.

[30] The WBA Board of Directors meets monthly to develop policy and provide direction for the Association.

The Executive Committee meets periodically, usually on an "as needed" basis, to review important issues and make recommendations to the Board regarding WBA policy.

According to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development,[32] the top employers in the city are: Though the official county seats remains designated to Cambridge with a secondary northern junior-seat at Lowell (de jure), since 2008 Woburn plays host to a hand-full of Middlesex County law enforcement and court related entities: the Superior Court and District Attorney Office moved first to have their base of operations relocated from Cambridge.

the Goodyear, Reeves, Shamrock, and Malcolm White, as well as Woburn Memorial High School, were rebuilt.