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The Select Board at its meeting Tuesday voted to support an intermunicipal agreement with Southborough to purchase water for Hopkinton. While the water comes from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Hopkinton would purchase the water directly from...
The Board of Health met Monday evening to discuss when a hearing can be held on the adoption of the amended state product regulations for tobacco sales and to announce progress made on the Health Department’s strategic plan. The board voted unanimously to approve...
The town announced Monday afternoon that due to the impending winter storm, Town Hall, the Hopkinton Public Library, the Senior Center and municipal offices will be physically closed. Services will be open, and nonessential staff with the ability to work remotely will...
Water and Sewer Manager Eric Carty announced Saturday night that there was a water main break on Wood Street in the area of Elm Street. There was no water service from Elm Street to Patriots Boulevard. Crews finished making repairs to the main early Sunday morning and...
The Parks & Recreation Commission at its meeting Thursday evening voted 3-0 to approve a permit allowing the return of the Hopkinton Farmers Market to the Town Common this summer, with attendees noting the positive impact it has had historically on several aspects...
One of the Planning Board’s goals for this year is to increase safe and inviting ways for allowing pedestrians to travel through Hopkinton, and it is seeking the community’s input at a virtual public forum on Tuesday, March 21, at 7 p.m. Planning Board chair Gary...
The Planning Board met for four hours Monday night and reviewed several proposed amendments to the town’s zoning bylaws that will come before Annual Town Meeting voters on May 1. The changes to the town’s current Flexible Community Development Bylaw dominated the...
The Upper Charles Trail Committee at its meeting Wednesday night debated the content and formatting of committee documents contained on the UCTC page of the town’s website, with some members asking that more details be added. At the meeting’s opening, chair Jane Moran...
The Conservation Commission at its meeting Tuesday night unanimously decided after some debate to hold two instances of fines in abeyance for violations of erosion controls regarding the proposed Turkey Ridge Estates development, noting that substantial progress has...
During a public information session about the five proposed general bylaw amendments at Tuesday's Select Board meeting, questions were raised about an amendment seeking to ban gun clubs from shooting outside. A citizens’ petition proposed that gun clubs move indoors...
Editor's note: This story has been updated multiple times with details from the Milford Police Department. A 19-year-old Hopkinton resident who had gone missing Monday in Milford has died, authorities said. Daniel Cambourelis-Haskins's body was discovered late Tuesday...
A citizens’ petition proposed as a private citizen by Trails Coordination and Management Committee chair Peter LaGoy became the main item of debate at the TCMC’s meeting Thursday night, sharply contrasting the perspectives of the chairs of the TCMC and the Upper...
A tractor-trailer burst into flames Monday night on Interstate 495 in Hopkinton, and an explosion could be heard for miles. The incident took place on the southbound side of the highway prior to Exit 54 (West Main Street), according to the Westborough Fire Department,...
The Parks & Recreation Department is simultaneously experiencing tremendous growth and a challenging staff loss, Director Jay Guelfi told commissioners at a hybrid Parks & Recreation Commission meeting Thursday night. At the start of the meeting, Guelfi...
The Upper Charles Trail Committee at its meeting Wednesday night debated questions it will take to town counsel about the validity of two citizens’ petitions, one of which seeks to disband the UCTC in its current form. “It appears that some aspects may be legal and...
A divided Select Board at its Tuesday meeting decided not to sign an intermunicipal agreement to form a regional emergency communication center with Southborough, Westborough and Grafton. The vote was 3-2 against the RECC, with those in opposition stating much more...
