The Select Board will interview the four finalists for town manager at its meeting Tuesday as it moves closer to appointing a permanent replacement for Norman Khumalo. Elaine Lazarus, one of the candidates, was appointed as the interim town manager on April 16. She...
The American flag once again is flying on the Town Common after having been replaced with a Thin Blue Line flag by an unknown person, according to a spokesperson for the Hopkinton Police Department. "I had officers investigate this report," stated Lt. Scott van...
The town on July 2 issued an update on the Main Street Corridor Project. Eversource is nearing completion of its overhead utility line installation work while the company continues to wait for transformers needed to complete the undergrounding of utilities. Supply...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GshUv9jVIN0 The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night agreed to an evening site visit to The Trails to observe its stormwater management practices and consider if runoff has caused damage to Wilson Street, as the Department of...
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has approved Hopkinton's activation of the full-scale PFAS treatment system at Well 6, Department of Public Works Director Kerry Reed announced in a statement Friday. “The system is in operation, and cleaner...
A Hopkinton man will appear in court on July 9 to answer to charges of allegedly failing to pay more than $467,000 in excise taxes between 2020 and 2022, the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Ashraf Youssef, 61, was the owner of AAA Smoke...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5fORukliIE The Conservation Commission on Tuesday night decided to continue a cease and desist hearing against The Trails at Legacy Farms. Chair Jeff Barnes said he would work on a “roadmap forward” with Conservation Administrator Kim...
For the first time in its history, the Massachusetts chapter of the American College of Cardiology will be governed for two consecutive terms by Hopkinton women, showing the increasing role of women in a traditionally male-dominated field. Dr. Colleen Harrington, a...
There is a severe water shortage in town due to this week's heat wave, warned Hopkinton Water-Sewer Manager Eric Carty on Thursday afternoon, advising residents to be judicious in their usage because of "an enormous strain on the water system." "Pumps are struggling...
The Trails Committee at its meeting Wednesday night discussed the slow but steady progress being made on the Center Trail to the Chamberlain Road extension. “The price of free work is that it moves slowly and on its own timetable,” explained member Chuck Dauchy. The...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dedwnVvF7fU Select Board chair Brian Herr at Tuesday's Select Board meeting pushed for the creation of a special liaison for the Main Street Corridor Project and an explanation for the continuing delay of the electrical transformers...
After some discussion, the Select Board on Tuesday unanimously approved the permit for the July 4 Horribles Parade, weighing the participants’ right to free speech against the potential for satirical floats to inflame divisions in town. Historically, before the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dedwnVvF7fU The Select Board Tuesday night reluctantly voted to raise water rates by 40% but kept sewer rates flat for the upcoming fiscal year. Select Board chair Brian Herr questioned the high raise as well as the alternate presented...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dedwnVvF7fU The Select Board at its meeting Tuesday night decided unanimously to slow down the process for hiring a deputy police chief despite the process reaching its penultimate stage in order to allow for the review of police manual...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-OdN0844Eg&ab_channel=HCAM The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night debated how it should move forward on achieving compliance with the MBTA Communities Act after the proposed zoning bylaw was shot down at Annual Town Meeting...
Hopkinton Democratic Town Committee chair Amy Groves lamented the resignation of two key HDTC members last month and discussed how their departure will affect the organization moving forward. Shahidul Mannan, the HDTC vice chair and former Select Board vice chair,...
A three-vehicle collision on Main Street near Pleasant Street on Monday afternoon tied up traffic, prompting the Hopkinton Police Department at approximately 2:30 p.m. to urge motorists to avoid the area via a post on the HPD Facebook page. "A landscape truck was...
Ed Augustus, the state secretary of the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities and the state’s first housing secretary in more than three decades, met with area housing advocates Thursday for a discussion at Holliston Town Hall to share information about...
The town is hosting a meeting Thursday evening with updated information about a group of chemicals known as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and the town’s remediation efforts in response to concerns over PFAS in drinking water over the past two...
The Parks & Recreation Department will host a grand opening celebration for its highly anticipated tennis/pickleball courts this Friday (May 31) at 3 p.m. Located at 17 Pratt Way, off Fruit Street and across from the dog park, there are four courts dedicated...
