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Jackie Potenzone has a warning for fellow Hopkinton residents. Potenzone, who has lived on Wood Street for two decades and run a hair salon there for the past 18 years, said the Main Street Corridor Project should scare everyone in Hopkinton, due to the town forcing...
Anderson Field project hits fundraising goal Congratulations to organizers of the Lauren Anderson Field Restoration Project, who announced in early October that they had already hit their fundraising goal. The project has raised more than $30,000 in donations and...
Fifth-grader honored for life-saving response Hopkinton fifth-grader Remi VanDeusen was honored at the Oct. 8 Select Board meeting, standing next to his proud father, Chris. If not for Remi’s actions this past summer, his father might not have been there at all. On...
The downtown project was on everyone’s minds when the Select Board met on Oct. 8 and discussed the annual performance evaluations of Town Manager Norman Khumalo, Police Chief Edward Lee and Fire Chief Steve Slaman. In the end, all three received annual ratings of...
Residents support Jimmy Fund Walk For those who did not venture into the center of town during the early morning hours on Sept. 22, you might have missed the thousands of people here for the start of the annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. A number of residents...
At the annual Family Fun Day, held Sept. 14 on the field behind the Hopkinton Middle School, third-grader Boden Mick played bean bag toss while Select Board member John Coutinho coaxed a participant from the dunk tank. PHOTOS/JERRY SPAR
Frustrated abutters plead to Select Board Frustrated residents and business owners got their chance to state their case against the Downtown Corridor Project at the Select Board’s Sept. 24 meeting, but the board made it clear the project will not be abandoned. “This...
The first day of kindergarten in Hopkinton was Aug. 29, and perhaps no child was more excited for that day than Brody McDermott. After two years of treatment for leukemia, Brody was declared cancer-free in early July. During some of his treatment, Brody’s interactions...
Hopkinton third-grader Barrett Jochim goes airborne after taking a shot during a youth soccer game against Milford-Hopedale on Sept. 7 at the Fruit Street fields. PHOTO/JERRY SPAR
Town allows Greyhound Friends to move forward Greyhound Friends is out of the proverbial doghouse, but the town’s Select Board made it clear that the organization is on a short leash as it returns to the business of saving dogs. The kennel, located on Saddle Hill...
Former director Coleman defends work with Greyhound Friends There is no middle ground with Louise Coleman. You are either with her or against her. Some revere her for the many years of work she did founding Greyhound Friends in 1983 and then running the Saddle Hill...
When Hopkinton Fire Chief Steve Slaman showed up at Teamworks in Northborough on July 27 for the KeepSmilin4Abbie field hockey fundraiser, the jokes started almost immediately. One of the charity games that day pitted a team made up mostly of fathers of Hopkinton High...
Two years after being shut down by the state, and one year after the town denied a new kennel license, Greyhound Friends took a big step toward reopening its Saddle Hill Road kennel.
Tired from TV gigs, Kabler films movie in Hopkinton It’s 7:30 on a picture-perfect summer morning, and Roger Kabler is sitting on a rock on the edge of Lake Whitehall, savoring all that nature has to offer. Kabler is an actor and a painter, having discovered his...
Hopkinton Family Fun Day ushers in the fall with a day of kids games, entertainment and fireworks. This year’s event is slated for Sept. 14. Fall is fast approaching, and with it comes a variety of local events that show off the great community feel in this town. One...
Moving quickly after the resignation of Dee King, Hopkinton High School announced that Foxboro High School athletic director Rich Cormier will become the new AD starting Aug. 26. “Rich really impressed the interview committee throughout the process,” HHS principal...
At the Health and Wellness Fair on the Town Common on Aug. 3, Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton showed off Napa, who was adopted from the shelter five years ago. PHOTO/JERRY SPAR
While Legacy Farms continues to add homes and families, the main road through the north side of the development remains a private way and is scheduled to remain so until the development is closer to completion. As such, the town’s school buses will not drive on it, so...
Teacher fulfills dream with appearance on legendary game show It’s the ultimate for any trivia buff: an appearance on the long-running television game show “Jeopardy!" Hopkinton High School English teacher Shari Meyer finally got her chance to live out a dream, flying...
Susan Graham has a simple request: Please save her life. The 57-year-old has known for many years that this day was coming, when her kidneys would fail and she would be on the list for a transplant — with about 100,000 other Americans. Graham, who has lived in...
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