https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfXMQKasaFc The Select Board on Tuesday interviewed the three finalists for police chief, narrowing their choice to the current interim chief and a Westborough Police Department lieutenant. After agreeing that the two were in a virtual...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfXMQKasaFc The Select Board on Tuesday voted to keep a single tax rate for residential and commercial/industrial properties and for the Boston Marathon bib allocation policy in respective 4-1 votes. Principal assessor John Neas...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69b6wqgQCxk The Planning Board at a five-minute meeting Monday continued its hearing on a proposal to build a single-family home at 0 Benson Road until Nov. 16. Chair Matthew Wronka explained that this meeting was initially scheduled at...
Resident safety remains a concern at Golden Pond Assisted Living a month after the death of an 86-year-old woman at the West Main Street facility, according to local officials and Hopkinton’s state representative. High temperatures at the facility and code violations...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN-ZU3msNtE The Conservation Commission on Tuesday chastised the representative of the owner of a West Main Street property seeking mature tree removal. Members told the applicant early in the process that a home on this site would be...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0islGu0gZE The Planning Board at its meeting Monday called for a special meeting on Nov. 9 in the hope that it will receive a court ruling regarding a landowner’s plan to build a home at 0 Benson Road. The board devoted about 100...
The Community Preservation Committee on Thursday mainly discussed projects proposed by the Parks & Recreation Commission and the Board of Library Trustees for the fiscal year 2028 grant cycle. Parks & Rec liaison Dan Terry described the two projects the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhXu8fNXKMQ The Conservation Commission on Tuesday dedicated its meeting to reviewing proposed updates to the town’s wetlands protection regulations. This year, commission members pointed out language they would like to see revised to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrJhZxPxDbw The Charter Review Committee presented its current suggestions for charter revisions at Monday’s Special Town Meeting. Its goal was to inform the public and generate feedback before the final recommendations are voted on at...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrJhZxPxDbw Special Town Meeting on Monday night voted not to approve an article that would facilitate several private ways becoming public roads, with 57% of the 161 voters in attendance opposing it. Proponent Parker Happ presented...
Staff members evacuated The Learning Center on Friday morning after a nearby bus modified to house a “mobile gymnastics facility” caught fire, according to a statement from Hopkinton’s fire chief. Fire Chief Gary Daugherty stated that a vehicle fire had been reported...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajzrpRdghaU The Conservation Commission at its meeting Tuesday approved of the work done by a contractor to augment stormwater management controls at the Charleswood School site after a violation was issued at the last meeting on Sept....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSf2YER0Fh4&t=4233s The Select Board on Tuesday reviewed Monday's Special Town Meeting warrant and decided not to vote on the citizens’ petitions that comprised the bulk of its 26 articles. Chair Shahidul Mannan noted the board...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuCi0kfY9Kw&t=3597s The Planning Board on Monday continued three hearings on the development of 13 condominium units to the rear of BoMain Pizza Bar & Grill at 14 Main Street. The parcel encompasses BoMain, the land behind the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-odK9fHCCTg The School Committee on Thursday learned the details of each school’s improvement plan, their common focus on student support and leadership, and an emphasis on the English language arts curriculum. Before the series of...
The Community Preservation Committee on Thursday opened its hearing for funding requests for the upcoming fiscal year, noting that money is tighter than in the past. “We have probably more requests than what money is going to come in this year,” said chair Ken...
The Economic Development Advisory Board on Tuesday discussed the economic development plan presented at the Oct. 6 Select Board meeting, questioning whether its purpose was as a recommended report or a document to be enacted. Camille Jonlin, the Metropolitan Area...
A Hopkinton man was in critical condition Sunday night after he and his dog were struck on Wood Street by an SUV hours earlier on a rainy evening, according to a Hopkinton Police Department statement. The HPD received a report at approximately 6:06 p.m. that a...
The Hopkinton Police Department arrested a Hopkinton man for a weapons-related incident this past Sunday on Revolutionary Way following a car crash, according to a press release. At approximately 1:47 p.m., HPD responded to 2 Revolutionary Way for a report of a motor...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCe6nbFBSoU The Select Board on Tuesday voiced concerns over a proposal by Amazon to create two drone launch pads at its Westborough facility, voting unanimously to reach out to key stakeholders and officials to oppose it. While...
