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POLICE LOG July 14 1:43 a.m. Officer Jessica Ferreira checked on a Ryder truck on East Main Street and found the driver making a delivery. All was OK. 4:30 p.m. A caller reported a motor vehicle struck a mailbox and flower bed on Wood Street. Sergeant Matthew McNeil...
Katrina Hope Yip, 47, of Hopkinton, passed away after a 15-year war with leukemia. Born in Kittery, Maine, she was the daughter of Judith Anne (Hosmer) Lincoln of Hopkinton and Peter Souther Lincoln of Florence, Massachusetts. She was the beloved wife of 14 years to...
On July 17, Eleanor (Cantwell) Morgan, 86, of Marshfield, formerly of Waltham, died peacefully in her home after an extended illness. She was surrounded by loved ones as she earned her guardian angel wings and joined her beloved husband, Donald, and son Edward...
Hopkinton High School graduate Alexander Matsoukas was named a winner of a college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship. Matsoukas plans to study computer engineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham. Matsoukas joins classmates Matvey...
Editor's note: This is the town of Hopkinton's COVID-19 update for July 17. COVID-19 Updates and Precautions July 17 update Previous updates and additional information and resources can be found here: coronavirus-hopkintonma.hub.arcgis.com/ While Town Hall and...
The Hopkinton Center for the Arts' week-long fundraiser, Art @ A Distance, kicks off Saturday with a 4 p.m. concert by the Claflin Hill Orchestra. Attendees can bring chairs and/or a blanket to set up next to their vehicle. Social distancing rules will be in effect....
My head is spinning as I navigate through myriad media platforms trying to understand the proper tack to take regarding our schools. Why can’t we all hope to get back to the way things used to be using the brick and mortar model exclusively this fall? Empirical data...
Editor's note: This is the town of Hopkinton's COVID-19 update for July 15. COVID-19 Updates and Precautions July 15 update While Town Hall and municipal buildings are physically closed to the public, we are open for business. Many transactions can be completed...
ARRESTS July 10 9:01 p.m. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officers Robert Ekross and Benjamin Stickney conducted a motor vehicle stop on Main Street and subsequently arrested Sarah R. DeFonzo, 27, of 23 Summer St., Hudson, and charged her with OUI liquor and failure to...
Former Select Board vice chair John Coutinho hosted a drive-through Appreciation Lunch on Wednesday for local first responders. The event was held at a home on Grove Street that Coutinho is rehabbing. Individuals were invited to pull onto the circular driveway, where...
The Hopkinton High School Debate Club is holding a free summer workshop for Hopkinton students in the Class of 2024, 2025 and 2026. The workshop will be held via Zoom on Aug. 3, 5 and 7, from 3-4:30 p.m. each day. The workshop is billed as a “great way to improve...
At a brief Select Board meeting Tuesday night, the board unanimously approved the hiring of Ben Sweeney as senior accounting manager/town accountant. A certified public accountant who grew up in Hopkinton,...
As I watch or read the news, I am wondering what happened to common sense and ethics. It doesn’t take a brain (yet I have an educated one) to see they are lagging! Let’s start with the pandemic. We lacked PPE because we outsourced our basic needs manufacturing...
The School Committee announced it will hold weekly Zoom office hours leading up to the start of the school year to provide an opportunity for the community to ask questions, raise concerns, or provide feedback on school matters. Each meeting will be hosted by two...
State Rep. Carolyn Dykema announced that her annual Senior Picnic has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event traditionally is held in Hopkinton every August and draws close to 200 seniors from the 8th Middlesex District's four towns (Hopkinton,...
Dance Magazine led a series in 1994 about teachers who had trained remarkable young dancers with a profile about Jacqueline Ann Cronsberg, founder of the Ballet Workshop of New England. At the time, Cronsberg had been running the school in suburban Boston for nearly...
Editor's note: This is the town of Hopkinton's COVID-19 update for July 10. COVID-19 Updates and Precautions July 10 update While Town Hall and municipal buildings are physically closed to the public, we are open for business. Many transactions can be completed...
The Marathon Quilters Guild, partnering with the Hopkinton Center for the Arts and the Hopkinton Farmer's Market, will offer a Roadside Quilt Show on Sunday, July 19. Enjoy a splash of color and design displayed along the fences surrounding the Town Common and at the...
Hopkinton’s Tim Simoes drove out to North Dakota to participate in a collegiate summer baseball league there before returning for his senior year at West Point. In his debut for the Bismarck Larks on Thursday night — in his first at-bat, no less — Simoes hit a grand...
Mike Mansir, the town's highway manager, tweeted yesterday that crack sealing work will start Monday (July 13) and take about two weeks. Work hours will be 7 a.m.-3 p.m. No vehicles should be parked in the street as it will prevent the contractor from completing the...
