By Giulia Marino, Contributing Writer New Hopkinton High School swim coach Kristen Webber was drawn to the program by the team’s sportsmanship and enthusiasm. Webber used to work as a math teacher and assistant swim coach at Natick High School. Her team shared pool...
Hopkinton Independent
Arrests/Police Log, Dec. 11 edition
Hopkinton Fire Department personnel responded to a tractor-trailer rollover on the MassPike off-ramp to Interstate 495 on Dec. 3. Minor injuries were reported. PHOTO/HFD TWITTER ARRESTS December 2 8:23 p.m. Officer Brian Sanchioni conducted a motor vehicle stop on...
Victor Ambers
Victor Ambers, a former Hopkinton resident, passed away Nov. 21, at the age of 35. Our beloved firstborn, Victor, was lost to the scourge of drug addiction — the real biggest problem in America. Victor was a very smart, lovable person, and we will miss him terribly....
Ted Hatch
Theodore “Ted” Alvin Hatch, 84, of Holliston, passed away at his home on Nov. 29. Born in Newton, he was the son of the late Frances R. (Anderson) and Willard G. Hatch. He was the husband of 60 years to Diana (French) Hatch of Holliston. Ted was a member of the...
Susan Saunders
Susan Marie (Coffin) Saunders of North Reading passed away Nov. 19. She was the beloved wife of Kenneth A. Saunders, the devoted mother of Jennifer J. Martinez and her husband Matthew of Hopkinton, the loving Mimi of Colin, Ryan and Nicholas. She was the cherished...
Richard Amato
Richard Andrew Amato, 85, a longtime Upton resident, died at his home on Nov. 14, surrounded by his family. Mr. Amato was born in the depression era in Cambridge, the son of the late Joseph and Doris (Straw) Amato. Early childhood years in Medford and East Lexington...
Phyllis Palitsch
Phyllis Uline Palitsch, 90, a longtime resident of Hopkinton, died peacefully at home with her husband, John A. “Jack” Palitsch, by her side. He survives her, following 71 loving years of marriage. Born in Troy, New York, Phyllis was the daughter of the late Donald...
Pauline Hutchinson
Pauline M. Hutchinson, 96, of Hopkinton passed away Nov. 26. Born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, she was the daughter of the late Marguerite Bedell and Donald S. Greene. A resident of Hopkinton for 57 years, Pauline regularly worked two jobs to support her children,...
Kanti Patel
Kanti M. Patel, 73, of Hopkinton passed away Nov. 26 at home, surrounded by his family. He was born Jan. 10, 1946. Funeral services were held Nov. 29 at Callahan Fay Caswell Funeral Home (callahanfay.com) in Worcester.
Judith Meyers
Judith Ann Meyers, 78, died Nov. 25 at Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Westborough. Born in Almont, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Kathryn (Neumann) Duggan. Judi worked for 42 years at Marlette Community Hospital in Marlette, Michigan. She...
Joanne DiFiore
Joanne F. (Tamburo) DiFiore passed away on Nov. 20 at Harbor Point in Centerville. Joanne was born in Boston on Nov. 28, 1936, one of four children of the late Oreste and Mary Tamburo. Raised in Brighton, Joanne graduated with high honors from Brighton High School....
Cheryl Morrow
Cheryl P. Morrow, 72 of South Windsor, Connecticut, and formerly of Hopkinton, passed away peacefully on Nov. 21 at her home in South Windsor. She will be greatly missed by her only surviving sister, Catherine Morrow of Boca Raton, Florida, and all her friends. Cheryl...
Barbara O’Loughlin
Barbara A. (Austin) O’Loughlin of Watertown passed away Nov. 18. She was the wife of the late Walter J. O’Loughlin, devoted mother of David J. O'Loughlin and his partner, Debbie Burke, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, James F. O'Loughlin and his wife, Helen, of...
Arlene Martineau
Arlene Frances (Dunne) Martineau passed away peacefully at home with her loving husband, Jim, and daughter, Elizabeth, by her side on Nov. 23, after a brave and long struggle with cancer. Arlene left us just as she lived, with grace, strength and beauty, and greatly...
News Briefs: Marathon bibs awarded to local non-profits
Marathon bibs awarded to local non-profits The Boston Marathon has become a major fundraising event for Hopkinton organizations, and 38 non-profits applied for an invitational entry to the 2020 race. At its Dec. 3 meeting, the Select Board worked to determine which...
Business Briefs: Baldiga, Fine named Super Lawyers
Baldiga, Fine named Super Lawyers Hopkinton residents Joseph Baldiga and David L. Fine were selected to the 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. Each year no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to...
Wendy Tyler
Wendy A. Tyler, 75, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on Nov. 5. She was born July 10, 1944, in Beverly to the late John and Jane (Callahan) Bruce. A onetime Hopkinton resident, Wendy was a lifetime member of the Waynedale United Methodist Church. She enjoyed...
Mary Mingace
Maria A. (Giunta) “Mary” Mingace of Belmont, formerly of Waltham, passed away peacefully Nov. 13 at Care One of Lexington at the age of 81. She was the beloved wife of the late Wiliam J. Mingace, the loving mother of Wiliam J. Mingace and Michelle Lee Marie...
Joseph Pratt
Joseph William Pratt Jr., 64, of Salisbury and formerly of Hopkinton and Westborough, passed away at his home unexpectedly on Nov. 13. Born in Framingham, he was the son of Mary Catherine (O’Brien) Pratt of Hopkinton and the late Joseph William Pratt. Joseph was a...
Joel Rice
Joel V. Rice of Warwick, formerly of Woodville, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 16. Born in Worcester, he was the son of Alden and Dorenda (Stewart) Rice. Joel graduated with high honors from Keefe Regional Technical School in Framingham and was an avid top-notch...