UPDATE: Wood Street reopened after gas line break repaired

Dec 2025 4

Special Town Meeting votes to amend budget, leading to lower tax bills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HczR_D2vRUo Special Town Meeting on a frigid Thursday evening approved its sole article unanimously. This vote amended the fiscal year 2026 operating budget to align with actual debt and insurance costs, which are lower than what was...

Dec 2025 3

New concept for July 4 parade presented to Select Board

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e0Kus7MYaA The chairs of the town committees for both major political parties presented a united front to the board as they discussed pursuing an Independence Day parade focused on town pride. Amy Groves, the Hopkinton Democratic...

Dec 2025 3

Select Board experiments with new public forum rules; Lake Maspenock weed control efforts reviewed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e0Kus7MYaA The Select Board on Tuesday implemented some new rules during the public forum period to demonstrate responsiveness to participants’ comments. Previously, this period at the start of each meeting allowed residents and...

Dec 2025 3

Parks & Rec accepts holiday lights donation, pushes forward on Pyne Field redesign

At a short meeting Tuesday night, the Parks & Recreation Commission accepted a donation to fund the annual holiday lights at Town Common and discussed handling the program in future budgets. Lewitus began the conversation explaining that a crowdfunding effort...

Dec 2025 3

Arrests/Police Log, Dec. 3 edition

ARRESTS None this week. [Editor’s note: The Hopkinton Independent’s policy for the arrests section is not to include the names of individuals who have been arrested.] POLICE LOG Nov. 25 12:46 a.m. Officer Aline Matos checked on Ash Street property. 8:50 a.m....

Dec 2025 2

Planning Board confronts ‘unique’ case in Auciello Drive amendment request

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPV0XxQ-B94 The Planning Board on Monday approved 6-0 a requested modification to a subdivision plan made nearly 34 years ago, striking a clause stating that its private road be maintained by the property owners rather than by the...

UPDATE: Wood Street reopened after gas line break repaired

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