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Webber dives right in as new HHS swim coach

Webber dives right in as new HHS swim coach

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...

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Arrests/Police Log, Dec. 11 edition

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...

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Victor Ambers

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....

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Ted Hatch

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...

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Susan Saunders

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...

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Richard Amato

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...

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Phyllis Palitsch

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...

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Pauline Hutchinson

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,...

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Kanti Patel

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.

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Judith Meyers

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...

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Joanne DiFiore

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....

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Cheryl Morrow

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...

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Barbara O’Loughlin

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...

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Arlene Martineau

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...

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Wendy Tyler

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...

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Joanne DiFiore

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...

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Joseph Pratt

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...

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Joel Rice

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...

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