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Hayes resigns as HDTC chair after online controversy
According to a statement from members of the Hopkinton Democratic Town Committee’s Executive Committee, longtime HDTC chair Darlene Hayes resigned Monday after being exposed for posting comments on news websites in town under various aliases. HopNews posted a story...
Hopkinton Wellness/Hopkinton Card & Gift to close; Main Street building available for lease
Hopkinton Wellness and Hopkinton Card & Gift have existed in some form for almost seven decades in the center of town. That’s about to change. Husband-and-wife owners Dennis Katz and Terry Anthony are planning to close the businesses at 52 Main Street — on the...
Real Estate Transactions, May 31 edition
Select Board subcommittee creates Upper Charles Trail Committee survey
After Town Meeting's resounding vote of no confidence earlier this month on the activities of the Upper Charles Trail Committee, a Select Board subcommittee on Sunday morning drafted a public survey to generate input on the committee’s future. Select Board members Amy...
Town manager releases information on interactions with LNG facility
Town Manager Norman Khumalo on Friday released a series of documents detailing the town’s interaction with the Eversource liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on Wilson Street in an effort to allay public concerns about the operation. The facility, which stores and...
Select Board roundup: Members vote to suspend UCTC; Kramer elected chair
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...
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,...
