The state announced Wednesday that all children 6 months of age and older who are attending Massachusetts child care, preschool, K-12 or college will be required to have the 2020-21 influenza immunization...
Health Department director Shaun McAuliffe reported to the Select Board Tuesday night that the town suffered its 13th death due to COVID-19 with the passing earlier this month of Randy Magnanti (see obituary). McAuliffe said the town has one active case, which came...
Select Board member Amy Ritterbusch said she is concerned about “the false rumor mill going around town,” especially how it relates to Saturday’s India Day controversy. Ritterbusch was on hand for Saturday morning's event at the Town Common, which was disrupted by a...
During the public comment portion of Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, four individuals called for Planning Board member Muriel Kramer to step down due to her volunteer work with the Massachusetts Bail Fund. According to its website, the Massachusetts Bail Fund — its...
Town Meeting has been rescheduled to be held outside Hopkinton High School under a tent at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, with a rain date/continuation date of Sunday, Sept. 13. Originally scheduled for May 4, Town Meeting previously was twice rescheduled. It had...
The Planning Board voted Tuesday against withdrawing any of its seven zoning articles, including the oft-discussed Commercial Solar...
Tim Kilduff, executive director of the 26.2 Foundation, announced Tuesday that the proposed substitute Boston Marathon race for Hopkinton charity runners will not be held next month. Kilduff and former Select Board vice chair John Coutinho had introduced the idea in...
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s COVID-19 Task Force on Monday recommended adjusting the entire high school sports calendar and moving football to a season that would run from late February through late April, according to a report from the...
After reading Sunday’s apology from Rich Yurewicz, the Hopkinton motorcyclist who disrupted the India Independence Day celebration at the Town Common on Saturday morning, South Asian Circle of Hopkinton board member Meena Kaushik said she is “relieved that we could...
Update, Aug. 17: The motorcyclist issued a statement apologizing for his actions, and the apology was accepted by the event organizer. During Saturday morning's India Independence Day celebration on the Town Common, a man rode his motorcycle around the common...
In the town's COVID-19 update for Friday, the Board of Health included a link to a memo regarding the closure of the outdoor basketball courts at the schools. Earlier this week the rims were removed from all the backboards to prevent anyone from playing at the courts...
The Hopkinton Fire Department returned to 71 Frankland Road on Friday morning and afternoon to monitor the area, one day after extinguishing a brush fire in the woods. Thursday's fire, on forested land behind the former Liberty Mutual building, now owned by Seaboard...
Multiple towns' emergency crews arrived at Carbone's Italian American Restaurant on Route 85 Thursday evening after a car drove into the side of the building. Personnel worked into the evening to shore up the wall and make it safe. Update: According to Deputy Fire...
Following a meeting Wednesday that included the Hopkinton Health Department, the Hopkinton Public Schools Buildings and Grounds Department, Parks & Recreation and the town's Emergency Management Group, the basketball courts outside Hopkinton Middle School have...
Construction is underway on the expansion of Hopkinton High School. Six new classrooms are being added. The work is expected to continue until early 2021. Meanwhile, the work to add modular classrooms at Hopkins and Elmwood continues to progress. See photos below.
Hopkinton Public Schools superintendent Carol Cavanaugh, speaking on HCAM's Hopkinton Hangout Hour on Tuesday afternoon, indicated plans are continuing for schools in town to reopen on Sept. 16. Assuming...
While the Hopkinton Public Schools district has been working on a plan for the 2020-21 school year, it has simultaneously been negotiating with the Hopkinton Teachers Association, the union that represents teachers in the district. On Monday morning there was an email...
Less than five hours before it was to meet and vote on both the educational plan for the fall as well as a new start date of Sept. 16, the Hopkinton School Committee emailed school families Thursday afternoon indicating the meeting would be postponed one week. "Out of...
During Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting, Town Manager Norman Khumalo and board members indicated their preference that the Sept. 21 Town Meeting be a very short one. Khumalo said he will recommend that...
For photos from graduation, click here. The Hopkinton High School Class of 2020 finally had its day in the sun on Sunday, joining together one final time for long-delayed graduation exercises at the HHS...
