To the Editor: I’m sure that many of my fellow citizens have observed the many dead trees lining the sides of our town roads. Many branches hanging over the roads. A month ago we witnessed first-hand what happens when a large tree falls. There was no high wind at the...
ARRESTS October 10 11:42 a.m. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officers Moira McGaffigan and Benjamin Stickney responded to Hopkinton High School on Hayden Rowe Street and arrested Angelo O. Maisonet, 18, of 58 Warren Road, Framingham, on a warrant charge. October...
Theodore L. “Ted” Gassett, 76, a lifelong resident of Hopkinton, died peacefully Oct. 21. He is survived by his beloved wife of 54 years, Carol A. (Stevens) Gassett; their children, William A. Gassett and partner Adrienne Hollis, and Ann Michelle Dragsbaek and husband...
Ruth M. VanFossen, 69, of Holliston, passed away Oct. 17 while surrounded by the eternal love of her family at the Rose Monahan Hospice House in Worcester. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Mary (Melia) and Arthur F. Kelley. She was the beloved wife of...
Grace Ellen Keith, 88, of Hopkinton, passed away Oct. 15. Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of the late Edith Madelyn (Carter) and James W. Bancroft. She was the wife of the late Charles H. Keith, who passed away in 1984. A 1948 graduate of Hopkinton High...
David P. Kurzontkowski 70, of Ridgeville, South Carolina, died peacefully on Oct. 6 with his family by his side. Despite loving life with family in South Carolina for the past 20 years, Dave kept close to his Hopkinton roots by visiting family and friends up North...
Christine M. Salvucci, 94, died Oct. 11 at Metrowest Medical Center, Framingham. She was the wife of the late Gerardo Salvucci, who died in July 1975. Born in Marlborough, she was the daughter of the late Arenzo and Cora (Lizotte) Ferrelli. She worked for many years...
Fall is road race season in Hopkinton. Among the local races this month were Michael’s Run, where Hopkinton High School football players Sam Lozeau (76) and Owen MacDonald assisted Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center participant Jen Gilman at the Town Common on Oct....
MassDOT in Hopkinton Oct. 30 to discuss I-495/I-90 interchange The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will host a meeting at the Marathon Elementary School cafeteria on Wednesday, Oct. 30, from 4:30-8:30 p.m. to discuss the I-495/I-90 Interchange...
To the Editor: I shook my head as I saw yet another letter in the Independent from the terminated director of Greyhound Friends, again stating that she was “unfairly portrayed as a wrongdoer.” I do not believe people “have it in for her” as she claims. But I can see...
To the Editor: I have talked to a number of people and businesses along Main Street, about this Downtown Corridor Project. Most people not around the Main Street area have no idea what's really going on, or the important details. One neighbor has filed a number of...
ARRESTS September 29 3:41 p.m. A caller reported an erratic operator on Walnut Way. Sergeant Matthew McNeil and Officers Derek Morton and Moira McGaffigan responded and subsequently arrested Richard C. Dortenzio, 23, of 33 Garett Way, Holliston, and charged him with...
Susan E. Matz, 74, passed away Sept. 21 at Golden Pond in Hopkinton. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Phoebe (Land) and John Edwin Matz. Susan loved attending lectures, country music concerts, professional bull riding, golf and tennis....
Richard Denham, 85, four days short of his 86th birthday, passed unexpectedly on Sept. 21. He was the husband of Elizabeth (Dunn) Denham, who passed in 2005. He was born in Newton to James and Dorothy Denham. The family moved to Framingham when he was in high school....
Patricia Guterman, 83, of Hopkinton, formerly of Boynton Beach, Florida. passed away Sept. 27. She is survived by her devoted children, Dr. Lee (Dr. Lisa Benson) Guterman, Marcy Laredo and Jaime (Joel) Carlson. She was the cherished grandmother of Eve, Beryl, Sidney,...
Elizabeth Helen Cusack, 77, of Holliston, passed away unexpectedly Sept. 22. Born in Waltham, she was the daughter of the late Helen (Statkus) and Gilbert M. Scott. She was the wife of the late Richard James Cusack, her high school sweetheart who passed in 2016....
Charles William Higgins, 91, of Medfield and formerly of Holliston, passed away Sept. 21 at All American Assisted Living in Wrentham. Born in Holliston, he was the son of the late Mary (Stevens) and Charles Davis Higgins. He was the husband of the late Rita (O’Brien)...
Arlene G. Riedle, 92, of Hopkinton, passed away Sept. 20. Born in Milford, she was the daughter of the late Alice G. (Barrows) and Ernest L. Kempton. She was the wife of 68 years to John Irwin Riedle of Hopkinton. Arlene was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and...
The Trails Hopkinton, an active adult community of homes in Legacy Farms North, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct 1 in conjunction with its first broker open house. Among those attending were (from left): Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce communications chair Amanda...
Fire Department to add staff after FEMA grant The Hopkinton Fire Department was award a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) worth $548,000, the town announced in an Oct. 8 press release. The three-year grant, which comes from FEMA’s Staffing for...
