Three candidates for the role of Hopkinton police chief will be interviewed by the Select Board at its meeting Tuesday. Two of the candidates come from the Westborough Police Department. The third is Hopkinton’s interim chief, Scott van Raalten. All have more than 20...
The town has announced that it anticipates demolition of parts of the Center School campus will begin in December. In a recent press release, the town stated that contractor American Environmental has secured the Center School site and is preparing to remove hazardous...
While the Town's Clerk Office still is finalizing ballots, unofficial results show that close to 7,000 Hopkinton residents cast their votes in the 2026 midterm elections on Tuesday. The results show that Hopkinton residents aligned with other Massachusetts voters on...
ARRESTS Nov. 1 5:44 p.m. Officers stopped a vehicle on Commonwealth Avenue and arrested a 50-year-old Framingham man on a warrant arrest and other charges, including a marked lanes violation, failing to stop or yield, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and having...
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...
According to interim Chief Scott van Raalten, Hopkinton Police have identified two youths allegedly responsible for a series of door knocking disturbances around the Legacy Farms South area in recent months. Van Raalten informed the Independent via email Tuesday that...
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 Hopkinton Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying one or more individuals involved in a suspected door knocking prank around the Legacy Farms South area over the past several months. A post shared on Facebook by the HPD on Saturday shows...
Determining the response it received from Golden Pond Assisted Living was not adequate, the Board of Health on Thursday voted to bring in officials from the facility for a public hearing. “We clearly do not appreciate [them] trying to stonewall and not being upfront...
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...
The Parks & Recreation Commission on Tuesday voted to begin the first steps in hiring Cody Herd as the town’s new Parks & Rec director. The vote came after the commission met with Herd, who is the recreation coordinator for Grafton’s Recreation Department....
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor’s note: The Hopkinton Independent’s policy for the arrests section is not to include the names of individuals who have been arrested.] POLICE LOG Oct. 21 2:27 p.m. A caller reported a crash with possible injuries on West Main Street....
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...
Golden Pond was ordered on Friday to cease the admission of new residents to the facility following an inspection by state officials. In a letter obtained by the Independent, Executive Office of Aging and Independence (AGE)'s assisted living certification and...
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....
