While the upper and main beaches at Hopkinton State Park remain closed due to high bacteria counts, the water quality at Sandy Beach remains safe for swimming and boating, providing an oasis for Hopkinton residents during the weekend’s scorching temperatures. On...
Due to the weather forecast of severe thunderstorms and a possible isolated tornado, Thursday night’s walk at the Hughes Farm Trail has been postponed, the Hopkinton Trails Club announced early Thursday afternoon. An advisory from the Massachusetts Emergency...
Health Department Director Shaun McAuliffe at Monday night’s Board of Health meeting addressed resident concerns about water quality at the YMCA following last month’s Board of Health meeting that noted the identification of PFAS in a secondary well. “The YMCA...
The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night discussed several potential reuses for the Center School property and how they would fit into compliance requirements for the MBTA Communities zoning law. Dan McIntyre, the chair of the Permanent Building Committee,...
The Hopkinton Police Department shared information on three vehicle incidents in Hopkinton last week. On Wednesday at 7:08 a.m., a road rage incident on Main Street involving a motorcycle was reported by Hopkinton police. The vehicle refused to stop. The pursuit of...
The search for a missing swimmer in Lake Maspenock came to a tragic end Saturday morning, as the body of a 21-year-old Hopkinton resident who failed to return from a Friday evening swim off Sandy Beach was pulled from the water by emergency personnel. The victim was...
UPDATE: Saturday, 9:05 a.m.: Emergency personnel recovered a body at about 8:45 a.m. More information will be posted as it comes available. The beach, which had been closed during the search, was to reopen at noon, according to a Hopkinton Parks & Recreation...
The Select Board met for nearly two hours on Thursday night to discuss members’ most pressing priorities, reflect on the past year’s accomplishments and brainstorm about overarching town goals. Select Board chair Muriel Kramer led an icebreaker exercise over pizza...
A Boston-based alternative rock band requested permission to film a music video at Sandy Beach in September, the Parks & Recreation Department interim director announced at Wednesday's Parks & Recreation Commission meeting. King City Productions, a dedicated...
The Community Preservation Committee at its meeting Thursday night discussed an apparent misunderstanding about the parameters of outreach required for a $40,000 grant approved at May's Annual Town Meeting for the Trail Coordination and Management Committee. The TCMC...
The Trail Coordination and Management Committee on Wednesday night voted unanimously to rename itself as the Trails Committee and to recommend that the Upper Charles Trail Committee become a Trails Committee subcommittee under the new name of the Upper Charles Trail...
The Conservation Commission on Tuesday continued a hearing on five subdivision units on Myrtle Avenue — a road that is to be built off Blueberry Lane — after commissioners spoke about encroachment into the buffer zone. Notices of intent were filed for five...
A vehicle speeding along South Street crashed into a tree and rolled onto its side early Monday morning, according to Hopkinton Police. The incident occurred at approximately 1:37 a.m. According to information from the HPD, Officer Nicholas Saletnik was parked in the...
A Hopkinton woman was arrested Friday night outside a Rhode Island casino after a dog was left alone inside her car and died, according to police and media reports from Lincoln, Rhode Island. The Lincoln Police Department visited Bally’s Twin River Casino around 7...
Town Manager Norman Khumalo announced on Tuesday progress made on facilities planning work to evaluate how town properties can be utilized to meet current and future municipal and community needs. The Permanent Building Committee spearheaded this effort. The idea for...
The Community Preservation Committee at its meeting Thursday approved several extensions until next July 1 for projects that previously were awarded funding. Trail Coordination and Management Committee chair Peter LaGoy requested that the three projects he requested...
The Select Board at its four-hour meeting Tuesday night voted unanimously to approve the appointment of Conservation Commission co-chair Kerry Reed as the town’s new Department of Public Works director and Julia Chun as the new sustainability, economic development and...
The Select Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to continue the suspension on the Upper Charles Trail Committee until Aug. 1, when the board will continue to discuss the results of a recently released survey on residents’ goals for the committee and the trail. The...
