At its meeting Tuesday night, the Select Board decided to suspend the activities of the Upper Charles Trail Committee in response to the non-binding vote at Annual Town Meeting earlier this month to disband the oft-criticized committee. The vote to suspend the UCTC...
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Real Estate Transactions, May 24 edition
Planning Board reviews Lumber Street office building plan
The only hearing during Monday’s Planning Board meeting focused on 28 Lumber Street. Project attorney George Connors noted that the Conservation Commission is expected to have input that may revise the plan. A hearing before the Conservation Commission has not yet...
Inspirational Boston Marathon figure Rick Hoyt dies at 61
Boston Marathon legend Rick Hoyt passed away Monday morning due to complications with his respiratory system, his family announced. "It is with profound sadness that the Hoyt family announce the passing of our beloved brother and uncle, Rick Hoyt this morning," the...
Hopkinton Police Sgt. Brennan placed on administrative leave
The Hopkinton Police Department confirmed in an email Friday morning that Sgt. Tim Brennan has been placed on paid administrative leave. Neither Police Chief Joseph Bennett nor Town Manager Norman Khumalo would provide further details. Bennett, contacted earlier in...
UCTC reelects Moran as chair, discusses Town Meeting vote to disband
The Upper Charles Trail Committee at its meeting Wednesday night took another look at its organizational structure and charge after receiving a resounding nonbinding vote at the May 2 Annual Town Meeting calling for its disbandment and restructuring as a Trail...
Parks & Rec works with cricket enthusiasts to resurface pitch
At its 90-minute meeting Wednesday evening, the Parks & Recreation Commission was presented with a request to resurface a public cricket pitch, with commission members apparently unaware that enthusiasts had already purchased resurfacing materials and were going...
Public forum gathers feedback on spending ARPA funds on PFAS water filtration system
Town Manager Norman Khumalo hosted a 90-minute public forum on Tuesday night to receive public input on potentially spending $1,187,000 of American Rescue Plan Act grant funds on a $1.7 million water filtration system to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,...
Conservation Commission calls out Leonard Street developer for erosion issues
The Conservation Commission at its two-hour meeting Tuesday night approved the request for a home tennis court for an aspiring athlete and discussed violations at a problematic Leonard Street site. The commission also received updates on two properties where tree...
Real Estate Transactions, May 17 edition
Town Election: Munroe, Stephenson win School Committee race; all ballot questions pass
Hopkinton voters chose Adam Munroe and Susan Stephenson to fill the two vacant spots on the School Committee in Monday’s Annual Town Election, while supporting all six ballot questions. In the unofficial results announced by Town Clerk Connor Degan, Munroe led all...
Annual Town Election: Meet candidates for town positions
Annual Town Election is scheduled for Monday, May 15, from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at Hopkinton Middle School's Brown Gym. The Hopkinton Independent invited all candidates to answer some basic questions about their background and provide a general statement. We present them...
Open Space Preservation Commission proposes studying potential town purchase of Springwood property
The Open Space Preservation Commission at its meeting Thursday night voted 3-0 to create an ad hoc committee to discuss the potential purchase by the town of a 60-plus acre wooded property in the Springwood neighborhood that was slated to be clear cut for possible...
Video: High-speed police pursuit along Main Street ends with crash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKQ5b0r5Q5U When constructions crews installed high curbing on the sidewalks along the western portion of Main Street last summer as part of the Main Street Construction Project, it generally was not well received. On Wednesday morning,...
Sympathetic property owner puts hold on Springwood tree clearing, although ‘logger wouldn’t stop’ cutting
Two neighborhoods abutting a contentious property off of Kimball Road joined forces to stop the tree clearing planned for the 60-acre site by working with the property owner to address their concerns. Michael Cooper, a resident of the Springwood neighborhood and an...
Select Board roundup: Fire chief to depart June 11; LNG drill ‘excellent,’ but residents express concerns
During Tuesday's Select Board meeting, Fire Chief Bill Miller shared that his last day with the department will be June 11. After 22 years in Hopkinton, including the last two as chief, he has accepted a position as chief in Bellingham. “I don’t want to see you leave,...
Select Board discusses future of Upper Charles Trail Committee
At Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, board members discussed the future of the Upper Charles Trail Committee following the May 2 Town Meeting non-binding vote to disband the committee. Select Board chair Amy Ritterbusch said she felt a “need to take a major action” —...
Former Deputy Police Chief Porter pleads not guilty to child rape
Former Hopkinton Deputy Police Chief John “Jay” Porter entered a plea of not guilty to three counts of child rape during a noon hearing at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn on Tuesday. The alleged incidents occurred nearly two decades ago, in September 2004 and June...
Real Estate Transactions, May 10 edition
Planning Board approves site plan for pickleball/tennis facility off Fruit Street
The Planning Board on Monday night approved the site plans for the eagerly anticipated pickleball/tennis facility at 17 Pratt Way, off Fruit Street, the only hearing on the agenda. Vice chair Mary Larson-Marlowe chaired the 30-minute meeting in the absence of Chair...