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In 2004, the newly formed Hopkinton Running Club was looking to organize a race. Members were asked if they had a cause important to them, and Abbie Rosenberg did. Her friend George Mazareas recently had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly...
Three years ago, Hopkinton High School alumnus Freya Proudman and then-high school student Madison Loos started the first Pride Parade in Hopkinton. Proudman planned the event while in the United Kingdom attending college. “It was a dream of hers that she wanted to...
After winning the Hurvitz Cup State Scholastic Team Championship in elementary school a year ago, the same Hopkinton team of chess players won the K-8 division of the tournament this year. The competition is run by the Massachusetts Chess Association, which hosts the...
More than 15 million people in the United States are in danger of experiencing anaphylaxis, a severe allergic response brought on by contact with specific foods, substances, medicines and insect stings. Devin Callinan, a Hopkinton resident since 2016, will run his...
On April 15, 2013, Beth Hankin was a mile from finishing her second Boston Marathon when the race was halted after bombs exploded at the finish line area. Her then-husband was on Boylston Street waiting for her. He escaped without injury. Hankin and the other runners...
Repair cafes are becoming increasingly popular in Massachusetts, and Hopkinton is no exception. On April 1, the Hopkinton Lions Club and Hopkinton Senior Center will host the second annual Repair Cafe at the Senior Center. A Repair Cafe connects people who like to fix...
Hopkinton resident Dwarka (D.N.) Chadha has found success in business, advocacy and family. Through his memoir, “Suitcase: A True and Inspiring Immigrant American Dream Story,” Chadha hopes to inspire others to do the same. After immigrating to the United States in...
Although the midterm elections may be over, another election season is beginning in Hopkinton. The local election shapes the town's priorities for the coming years and directly impacts all residents and their families. Those who want to be a part of the...
Within an hour of registration opening, spots for Hopkinton’s inaugural “It’s a Puzzler” competition sold out. Five more sports were added, and the event quickly sold out again. It’s a Puzzler is a team jigsaw puzzle competition. Teams of between two and five...
For the past five years, locals, many in costume, have participated in the Hopkinton Center for the Arts’ Halloween 5K run. The HCA Wicked Weekend fundraiser is back again, this time with new activities to attract individuals of all ages. The biggest addition is the...
When working to schedule performers for the annual Concerts on the Common series, Parks & Recreation Commission member Laura Hanson keeps in mind the changes to Hopkinton’s town charter in 2017, when wording about inclusivity was added. This year’s concert lineup...
For the first time ever, a team from Hopkins Elementary School won the Hurvitz Cup State Scholastic Team Championship, a chess competition run by the Massachusetts Chess Association. The team representing Hopkins consisted of four fifth-grade boys, Dattasai Kilari,...
On his fifth birthday, Dhairya Mehta was gifted a chess board. The box stayed unopened in his house for months. Bored one day, Mehta asked his father, Mitul, to teach him how to play. His father showed him the basics and later enrolled the boy in chess classes. At 6...
On Sunday afternoon, a vibrant crowd of about 250 people of all ages gathered behind Hopkinton High School for the town's second LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade. The Hopkinton Freedom Team, the Hopkinton Youth Commission and Hopkinton Youth & Family Services hosted the...
The Texas town of Uvalde is some 2,000 miles from Hopkinton, but the issue of school safety hit home for many residents this week. In the wake of Tuesday’s mass shooting at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School, a small group of Hopkinton residents gathered on the Town...
Jeff Doyle played football and lacrosse at Hopkinton High School prior to his graduation in 2009, but distance running is relatively new to him. Although he has watched the start of the Boston Marathon more than 20 times, this will be his first time running the...
For the last six years, Brian Le Suer has spent almost every third Thursday of the month serving food to around 70 people from local communities. Le Seur has been a resident of Hopkinton since 1992 and is CEO of Zeenyx Software, a small company that specializes in...
This fall, Legacy Farms residents collected 1,300 pounds of food during a Diwali food drive. The food was donated to Hopkinton's Project Just Because and Framingham's Turning Point Shelter. The initiative was led by Madhuri Waje, a core volunteer for Sewa’s Boston...
Evan Girardi was a member of the Hopkinton High School class of 2007. He was born with a congenital heart defect, and he passed away from an arrhythmia 11 years ago. Born in California, Evan moved to Hopkinton with his family to be near Boston Children's Hospital....
During the summer, Harini Jeyaraman would wake up a few minutes before 6:30, brush her teeth, join a Zoom teleconference, and dance until 8. Afterward, she would eat breakfast. Most nights, at 9:30, she would go on Zoom again and dance until 11. She repeated this...
