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Tate takes on marathon challenge for Freedom Team

Tate takes on marathon challenge for Freedom Team

Hopkinton’s Christin Tate will be running her first Boston Marathon this year to benefit the Hopkinton Freedom Team. Tate has always been athletic. She ran track and played soccer in high school and then at Gordon College. In her 20s, while working in California, she...

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HCA, YMCA join forces for expanded Wicked Weekend

HCA, YMCA join forces for expanded Wicked Weekend

Last year, the new addition to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts’ Wicked Weekend was the Haunted Trail that took place in the woods behind Hopkinton High School. “It was so popular and well received that we decided to make it bigger and better,” said Kelly Grill,...

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Timlin Event returns June 17 for 20th edition

Timlin Event returns June 17 for 20th edition

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...

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Expanded Pride Parade event set for June 11

Expanded Pride Parade event set for June 11

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...

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Hopkinton team wins K-8 chess state title

Hopkinton team wins K-8 chess state title

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...

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Senior Center set to host Repair Cafe

Senior Center set to host Repair Cafe

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...

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‘Suitcase’ memoir seeks to provide inspiration

‘Suitcase’ memoir seeks to provide inspiration

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...

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Town election candidates start process

Town election candidates start process

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...

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Town jigsaw puzzle competition proves popular

Town jigsaw puzzle competition proves popular

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...

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Hopkins team wins state chess title

Hopkins team wins state chess title

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,...

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Mehta makes mark in chess tournaments

Mehta makes mark in chess tournaments

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...

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