Hopkinton —

You are invited to the virtual July Fourth Horribles Parade at noon. Because the Select Board chose not to provide insurance for the event as done previously, the parade will be done virtually on Hopnews.com. The theme is “Get Involved.” The organizers have received many entries already, and the parade will be bigger than last year.

Individuals, neighborhoods, businesses and organizations are invited to email photos of their signs and virtual floats to editor@hopnews.com by noon on July 3. The images and signs will be organized into a video and published at noon on July 4.

Old Horrible rules:

— Open to all

— No hate speech

— No water balloons, frozen or otherwise.

New Horrible rules:

— Organizers reserve the right to censor or not use any inappropriate submissions.

— In the subject line, please write HP: Name-of-Your-Photo (or group of photos)

— Submit entries in either .png or .jpg format

— Horizontal format is preferred but not required.

— Judges: everyone! A poll will be available when the photos are published. Voting ends on July 6 at 3 p.m.

— Ken Weismantel, Hopkinton

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