https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdQ2j0v_kQo&t=8232s&ab_channel=HCAM The Conservation Commission on Tuesday approved a certificate of compliance request for 12 Leonard Street after the homeowner’s explanation changed the course of the protracted debate with the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Jh3KXSYlQ&ab_channel=HCAM The Select Board on Tuesday night approved common victualer and entertainment licenses for Crust & Co. in a 4-1 vote with conditions that would allow the pizza place to open as soon as required...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq7gBzWnoz8&ab_channel=HCAM The Planning Board on Monday discussed how to address the owner of The Trails housing development's apparent failure to make repairs to Wilson Street he agreed to have completed by mid-May. The issue of...
The Hopkinton Fire Department extricated the trapped driver of a Chevrolet Equinox on Wednesday morning after the car apparently failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of School Street and West Elm Street, resulting in a two-car collision with suspected...
A concerned resident of The Communities at Golden Pond has tried to facilitate the rescue of a goose that had been trapped in fishing wire in neighboring Ice House Pond over Labor Day weekend. By late Tuesday afternoon, the goose freed itself, but not without...
The Economic Development Advisory Board met for the first time Tuesday night and discussed some of its key goals. The seven-member Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB) originally was proposed by Select Board vice chair Shahidul Mannan as a means to brainstorm...
A state website seeking to return unclaimed property or money to its owners has identified 10 dormant accounts under the name of “Town of Hopkinton OBRA.” Findmassmoney.gov is under the purview of the Unclaimed Property Division of the Office of the State Treasurer...
As the school year rapidly approaches, many teachers in the Hopkinton district have spent the final month of their summer vacation advocating with a federal senator for help in receiving their IRS tax refunds, according to a congressional spokesperson and the...
The Hopkinton Police Department searched the woods near Wilson Street on Friday evening as part of a “well-being search” but was unable to find anyone, according to the police chief. In a text to the Independent on Friday night, HPD Chief Joseph Bennett reported that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBlkqIIHNPM&ab_channel=HCAM The Trails Committee at its meeting Wednesday night discussed how it wants to prioritize its goals and addressed an unintentional Open Meeting Law violation that occurred at the July 16 meeting. Vice...
The Water & Sewer Advisory Board on Wednesday discussed the town’s efforts to address concerns previously raised by a local water expert about salt potentially impacting the water supply. Ken Weismantel, a member of the state’s Water Resources Commission (WRC),...
Hopkinton High School ranks eighth statewide in a survey of the best high schools in the country conducted by U.S. News & World Report, the publication announced Tuesday. HHS consistently has placed in the top 15 [Editor's note: Corrected from 10] in this annual...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wIxGFJsTvU&ab_channel=HCAM The Conservation Commission on Tuesday continued the hearing on a Trails Committee proposal to create a trail connecting Loop Road at the schools complex to Chamberlain Street Extension after hearing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7hVhcd5sT8&ab_channel=HCAM In what chair Rob Benson termed “the fastest Planning Board meeting in history” at about eight minutes, the board on Monday voted 8-0 to continue the two scheduled hearings at the request of the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZJzQFn6TD0&ab_channel=HCAM The Select Board on Tuesday night questioned attorneys from four law firms that hoped to provide Hopkinton with its legal counsel about their experience in municipal representation. The candidates...
Three men were convicted last week in Middlesex Superior Court of charges stemming from a large-scale burglary ring targeting South Asian homeowners in 25 towns, including Hopkinton, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. The defendants all are...
Town officials and Verizon representatives agreed Tuesday morning on a four-day per week work schedule for the Main Street Corridor Project, according to the Select Board's project liaison. In a text message to the Independent, Select Board member Brian Herr stated...
Town officials have been making headway on resolving a scheduling disagreement with Verizon on its time frame for completing its work on the Main Street Corridor project, although a finalized schedule has not yet been achieved. In a phone interview with the...
The Open Space Preservation Commission on Thursday discussed a homeowner’s request for the removal of two trees on OSPC land in order to install solar panels on private property. Chair Ed Harrow explained that the homeowner lives at 58 Cedar Street Extension, just...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFBV4Xma-wU&t=883s&ab_channel=HCAM The Conservation Commission on Tuesday voted 4-0 to continue the hearing on a notice of intent for a proposed one-story office and retail building off Lumber Street in order to review further...
