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Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, responding Monday to strong accusations from family and friends of deceased Hopkinton teenager Mikayla Miller, defended her office's investigation and insisted, "We want to get the right answer for Mikayla." Miller's body...
Editor's note: This story has been updated with a new statement from District Attorney Marian Ryan. A rally is planned for Thursday on Main Street to "demand answers" regarding the recent death of Hopkinton High School sophomore Mikayla Miller. According to a Twitter...
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect five more cases reported Tuesday. One day after reporting two new cases of COVID-19 in the Hopkinton High School community, HHS principal Evan Bishop emailed families to announce there were five more cases reported...
Torsten Grabbert started his professional life as an electrical engineer in his home country of Germany. It didn’t take long before he decided he didn’t have the passion for that career. At age 23 he became a fitness instructor and never looked back. In 2017, Grabbert...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z59mBFCvetg The Select Board at its meeting Tuesday night voted unanimously in favor of naming a new street Hoyt Way in honor of Boston Marathon legend Dick Hoyt, who passed away last month at the age of 80. He was a familiar figure in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIafGCLbN4I Tuesday’s Select Board meeting mostly focused on housekeeping issues, but the Main Street Corridor Project was on everyone’s minds. As part of his town manager’s report, Norman Khumalo offered a very brief update on the...
Bittersweet Co. has closed its doors for good, according to owner C.J. Dunne. The Main Street cafe/bakery/tapas bar welcomed patrons for the final time Friday. Dunne said revenues dropped 90 percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic and he could no longer keep the business...
Following a discussion and unanimous vote during Tuesday's Select Board meeting, the town will host a Special Town Meeting within the May 8 Annual Town Meeting. The reason is to address a possible extension of the means tested senior citizen tax exemption program,...
A big emphasis has been placed on social emotional learning lately, with schools realizing the importance of developing more well-rounded children and addressing mental health concerns as early as possible. Hopkinton’s Jessica Beattie has been on the forefront of this...
Hopkinton health director Shaun McAuliffe, during his update to the Select Board on Tuesday, delivered some good news and bad news, noting a high number of residents have been vaccinated for COVID-19 but cautioning that the town is in the midst of a surge that has its...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocna2dooGpM Six Hopkinton Girl Scouts were honored at Tuesday's Select Board meeting for their recent community projects that earned five of them a Gold Award and the other Eagle Scout recognition. Sammy Altman received the Gold Award...
John Neas became Hopkinton’s principal assessor in 2015, after serving in a similar role in Norfolk. A native of Framingham and an alumnus of Boston College, Neas resides in Franklin, where he previously served on the Board of Assessors. Neas is president of the...
Since the pandemic started, many seniors in town have found getting to doctor’s appointments to be a challenge, as the town’s volunteer medical drivers have been sidelined. “Right up until COVID hit and we had to close the Senior Center, we had about 33 medical rides...
A youth hockey program was fined $2,100 by the Hopkinton Health Department for allegedly failing to ensure its players were following COVID rules following a team’s appearance in a tournament in Pennsylvania earlier this month. The Marlborough-based Junior Bruins, run...
Perhaps no businesses have faced a bigger challenge during the pandemic than restaurants. Now, with restrictions loosening, restaurants are hoping to bounce back. And the community is doing its part to help. The Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce is organizing a Restaurant...
Select Board chair Brendan Tedstone on Tuesday sent a letter to Greek ambassador Alexandra Papadopoulou on behalf of the town, recognizing the 200th anniversary of Greece's independence and commending the Greek-American community "for its contributions to the...
At a brief meeting Tuesday night, the Select Board unanimously approved moving Annual Town Meeting back five days to Saturday, May 8, at 9 a.m. It will be held at the football field behind Hopkinton High School. Annual Town Election also will be moved back five days,...
Despite four touchdowns from senior running back Cam Mulvaney, the Hopkinton High School football team fell to perennial powerhouse Holliston, 37-27, in its season opener on Saturday in Holliston. Hopkinton fell behind 14-0 early on short rushing touchdowns by...
The Select Board has called a meeting for Tuesday in which it will continue the discussion from its previous meeting about moving Annual Town Meeting. The proposal before the board is to shift Town Meeting from Monday, May 3, to Saturday, May 8. Also to be addressed...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9zEWZCD62I The town received high marks in a recent community satisfaction survey, according to Damema Mann of the National Research Center (NRC), which conducted the survey. Mann, presenting the results to the Select Board at...
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