As part of the Main Street Corridor Project this week, the contractor will continue work at the intersection of Route 135 and Route 85, with the eastbound detour remaining in place. The detour will send eastbound traffic from Main Street to Pleasant Street to Maple...
A 39-year-old Hopkinton man died last Saturday after a motorcycle accident in Framingham. Thomas Toomey crashed his motorcycle into a utility pole on Salem End Road at about 8:20 p.m. Friday, authorities stated. He was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester and...
Kenneth Patrick, 90, of Medway — a former resident of Pleasantville, New York; Madison, Connecticut; and Mashpee — passed away on Aug. 15. Born in New York City, he was the last child of 10 siblings born to Katherine (McGee) and George Patrick. He was the husband of...
One man was killed and a wrong-way driver was charged after a crash on Interstate 495 in Hopkinton early Wednesday morning, the Massachusetts State Police announced. According to a State Police news release, the driver of a 2018 Ford Transit van, identified as...
POLICE LOG August 9 12:33 a.m. Officer Nicholas Saletnik made checks of Hayden Rowe Street property. 1:57 a.m. Officer Brennan Grimley checked on Parkwood Drive property. 4:24 a.m. Officer Brennan Grimley checked on six cars in the Sandy Beach parking lot on Lakeshore...
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Each week, the Independent highlights an animal available for adoption at Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton. This week's adoptable animal is 9-year-old Lilly. Here is Baypath's description of Lilly: “Lilly was brought to an animal shelter in Florida when her...
The Hopkinton Senior Center is open Mondays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. For a more extensive listing of programs and services, including lunch program menus, as well as a newsletter, check hopkintonseniorcenter.com. Anyone...
Hopkinton-based Lykan Bioscience, which is expanding its cell therapy manufacturing facility/laboratory on South Street, announced earlier this month that it has entered into a business agreement with Scotland-based RoslinCT to form a global-leading innovative...
Katharine “Kate” Brownlee Gasser, 75, of Hopkinton passed away at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Aug. 13. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Emily (Graves) and Robertson Sillars. She met her future husband, Morrie Gasser, in college,...
Courtesy of Barbara Carroll, owner of Dog Hikes & Cat Care, here are some local animals enjoying the summer.
For more information on any of the following programs or other activities at the library, visit hopkintonlibrary.org. The library also can be found on Facebook, @hopkintonlibrary, and on Twitter, @HopkintonPLMA. Guided Trail Walks with HPL/Hopkinton Trails Club...
Kathleen L. MacLennan, 99, of Hopkinton, passed away at her home on Aug. 14. Born in Enid, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Maybelle (Lee) Smith and Donald King. She was the wife of the late Norman Murray MacLennan and her first husband, the late C. Richard...
Stanley J. Wasilauski Jr., 60, of Hopkinton passed away in Boston on Aug. 13 after a long battle with cancer. Born in Northampton, he was the son of the late Beverly (Jacque) and Stanley Joseph Wasilauski. He was the loving husband of 34 years to Debra (Conlon)...
The Hopkinton Independent presents “A Slice of Hopkinton” photo contest, sponsored by Bill’s Pizzeria. Readers are encouraged to submit photos of people, places or things in Hopkinton. The Independent staff will select one winner for each issue. The winner will have...
As part of the Main Street Corridor Project, the contractor will start Phase 2 of the full-depth excavation at the intersection of Route 135 and Route 85 this week. This portion of the project is expected to be completed in three weeks. One lane of traffic will be...
The state's Department of Conservation and Recreation announced Friday that the water at the main beach at Hopkinton State Park has tested below the acceptable limit for bacteria, meaning it has reopened for swimming. The upper beach reopened a few days earlier. Both...
John Thomas “Jack” Donahue of Upton and formerly of Hopkinton passed away Aug. 9 at the age of 89 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born Sept. 18, 1932, Jack was the middle child of James and Helen Donahue of Southborough. He was a 1950 graduate of St. Peter’s...
Linda Ann (Vento) MacLaughlin, age 70, a longtime resident of Chelmsford, passed away at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln on Aug. 8 surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Glenn A. MacLaughlin, with whom she enjoyed 37 years of marriage....
Kathaleen "Bette" (Burr) Oehley, 97, died Aug. 9 at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Westborough. She was the wife of the late Donald Oehley, to whom she was married for 47 years. She was the daughter of the late Frank Burr and Kathleen (Frizzell)...
