The Hopkinton High School girls basketball team rallied to force overtime before falling to Westwood, 47-44, Monday night in Hopkinton. After a tight first quarter, HHS fell into a 23-15 hole at halftime. The deficit was five heading into the final quarter, but the...
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Schools go to early dismissal schedule Tuesday due to snowstorm
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh announced early Tuesday morning that all Hopkinton schools will use the early dismissal plan Tuesday due to the incoming snowstorm that is expected to start around 8 a.m. and last most of the day. The high school and middle school will...
Hopkinton COVID-19 update for Feb. 8: Town has 31 active cases; more vaccine info
Editor's note: This is the town of Hopkinton's COVID-19 update for Feb. 8. COVID-19 Updates and Precautions Feb. 8 update Previous updates and additional information and resources can be found here: coronavirus-hopkintonma.hub.arcgis.com/ As of Feb. 6, Hopkinton’s...
Business Briefs: Resident named partner at Boston law firm; Blackstone Valley Wealth duo honored
Hopkinton resident John W. Powell was named as a partner in the patent practice group at Sunstein LLP, a boutique intellectual property law firm in Boston. According to the firm, Powell has more than two decades of in-house and law firm experience. He served as vice...
Janice Dayton, 78
Janice Ellen Donahue Dayton passed on Jan. 13 after suffering the debilitating and degenerative effects of Alzheimer's disease for many years. She was born in Framingham on May 8, 1942, to Norman and Hilma (Ruggles) Donahue, the first of five children. The family...
Schools Notebook: HHS team earns spot on ‘High School Quiz Show’; locals honored at Keefe Tech
Hopkinton High School will be one of 17 teams to take part in the 12th season of WGBH-TV’s “High School Quiz Show,” which starts in April. Hopkinton will face off against two-time defending champion Boston Latin in a match that will air on WGBH and YouTube on April 17...
Letter to the Editor: 5th-graders share facts about Inauguration Day
Editor’s note: The following two letters were written by students at Hopkins School as part of a class project. 20th Amendment has U.S. prepared Inauguration Day takes place in Washington, D.C., and is the day the president comes into office. In the two months between...
Hopkinton COVID-19 update for Feb. 7: Town to get Pfizer vaccine, start scheduling appointments this week
Editor's note: This is the town of Hopkinton's COVID-19 update for Feb. 7. COVID-19 Updates and Precautions Special Update — Local Vaccine Information Feb. 7 update Previous updates and additional information and resources can be found here:...
HHS sports roundup: Boys hockey gets dramatic win
The Hopkinton High School boys hockey team pulled out a 3-2 victory over visiting Westwood on Saturday in Marlborough as Pavit Mehra scored the deciding goal with 1:13 remaining. Ronnie Shamus started the winning sequence when he faked a shot from the point and slid a...
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Patricia Grogan, 82
Patricia M. Grogan, 82, of Westborough, passed away Jan. 28. She was predeceased by her husband of 40 years, Francis J. Grogan. Born in Mattapoisett, she was the daughter of the late William F. and Ethel C. (Raymond) Merchant. Patricia graduated from Southborough High...
Kevin Mahoney, 65
Kevin P. Mahoney, 65, of Riverside, Rhode Island, passed away unexpectedly at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence on Jan. 25. He is preceded in death by his wife, Muriel (Lepine) Mahoney. He leaves behind his sister, Doreen Garner of Upton, his brother, Thomas Mahoney...
HHS sports roundup: Basketball teams bow to Westwood
The good news Friday is that the Hopkinton High School boys and girls basketball teams played their games — considering all the recent postponements and cancellations, that can’t be taken for granted. The bad news is both teams lost to Westwood. The boys were at home,...
HHS sports roundup: Girls basketball’s 5-game win streak ends; skiing teams take 2nd
The Hopkinton High School girls basketball team saw its five-game winning streak come to an end Thursday night with a 44-35 loss to visiting Westwood. Kiki Fossbender scored 11 points to lead the Hillers, while fellow junior Lauren Cho tallied nine. Hopkinton took an...
Hopkinton COVID-19 update for Feb. 4: Town has 28 active cases
Editor's note: This is the town of Hopkinton's COVID-19 update for Feb. 4. COVID-19 Updates and Precautions Feb. 4 update Previous updates and additional information and resources can be found here: coronavirus-hopkintonma.hub.arcgis.com/ As of Feb. 3, Hopkinton’s...
HHS sports roundup: Hockey teams fall, boys hoops finally returns
On National Girls and Women in Sport Day, the Hopkinton/Dover-Sherborn co-op hockey team took to the ice against Norwood and battled before dropping a 2-0 decision Wednesday. Senior goalie Kristin McCluskey made a number of key saves to keep the game close. The...
Letter to the Editor: More details needed on downtown project
Did you know that construction on the Main Street Corridor Project started on January 19? Neither did I. On January 30, I reached out to Town Manager Norman Khumalo to express concerns and ask questions regarding the Main Street Corridor Project’s two-way bike path....
HHS registration open for Fall 2 sports season (Feb.-April)
Hopkinton High School athletic director Rich Cormier announced Wednesday that registration is open via FamilyID for the Fall 2 sports season, which starts later this month and runs until mid-April. The deadline to sign up is Feb. 16, but families are asked to register...
Letter to the Editor: Capitalism over socialism
I can’t believe my fellow citizens actually want to destroy capitalism for socialism. Socialism has been tried all around the world with zero success. Now you socialist Democrats think you’re smarter than everyone before you and that only you can make it work? Not a...
Patricia Kelly, 89
Patricia Kelly of Southborough, formerly of Framingham and New York, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away peacefully with family at age 89 on Jan. 30 at Golden Pond Assisted Living Memory Care in Hopkinton. She was born in Jackson...