At Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, Bill Miller was unanimously approved to be the town’s next fire chief, pending successful contract negotiations. Miller, who has served as deputy fire chief the past five years, received the recommendation of outgoing Fire Chief...
First the bad news: Yes, the COVID situation is trending in the wrong direction, and that includes in Hopkinton. Now the good news: As of late July, about 92 percent of eligible individuals in town had been vaccinated — ranking Hopkinton among the highest statewide —...
A Marshall Avenue resident filed an open meeting law complaint with the Office of the Attorney General about what she sees as a lack of transparency regarding the storage of construction materials for the Main Street Corridor Project. Lucia Lopez originally filed a...
The Hopkinton Public Library announced that librarian Kristen Webb passed away "unexpectedly, of sudden, natural causes" Wednesday. According to a post on the library's website: "Kristen has worked with us at the Hopkinton Library since 2017 and was a hardworking,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Kh4RMHWS8&list=PL8WekT6kxX1DmkTpFVZzz_GPcj_U0_BLN&index=1 The Conservation Commission met Tuesday night and reviewed several ongoing projects and a new proposal. The commission first discussed the mitigation efforts recently...
The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night discussed requests from Eversource for stormwater management and earth removal permits as well as updates from board liaisons on making Hopkinton’s trails systems more interconnected. There were two preliminary hearings...
Hopkinton’s Board of Appeals on Wednesday unanimously granted an extension of the compliance deadline to Oct. 30 to the owner of the former Liberty Mutual building on Frankland Road. The owner had appealed a cease and desist order regarding the storage and maintenance...
The Conservation Commission at its Tuesday meeting rebuked two projects for allowing violations that caused flooding and instability on their sites. A cease and desist order was filed against The Trails, Hopkinton, a 55-and-over housing development located off Legacy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olJA7NcMyNA Monday night’s Planning Board meeting began with a joint session that included the Select Board. This was for the appointment of a new member to the Planning Board to replace Muriel Kramer, who vacated her seat when she was...
Summer programming through the town’s Parks & Recreation Department is near pre-pandemic levels after its first week, and it is expected to rise, director Jay Guelfi announced at the Parks & Recreation Commission’s meeting Wednesday evening. The boys and girls...
Two cease and desist orders were filed last week against Grasshopper Energy to stop construction of a 2.4-megawatt solar farm between Wilson Street and Cedar Street after allegations were made by the Narragansett Indian Tribal Historic Preservation Office that...
A resident’s push for the town to take aggressive measures to prevent a solar development on forested land off Frankland Road was not well received by the Select Board at Tuesday night’s meeting. Ann Karnofsky, chair of Save the Forest citizens group, spoke about the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLcosCn_IJc At Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, Jessica Migneault was confirmed as assistant senior services director. She replaces Ashley Shaheen, who left last July for another job. Migneault has worked for the housing authority in...
A 14-year-old boy from Hopkinton was charged with stabbing another 14-year-old early Thursday afternoon, Hopkinton Police announced Friday. The juvenile was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. At 1:48 p.m. Thursday, police responded to a report...
A colorful crowd gathered Saturday afternoon at the Hopkinton High School outdoor track and took a short walk as part of a much longer journey — one...
The Parks & Recreation Commission met briefly on Wednesday evening and discussed the maintenance and possible repair of the synthetic turf at the athletic fields off Fruit Street. “The commission agreed to have Tom Irwin Advisors come to perform testing on the...
The Planning Board held two hearings at its Monday meeting, including a lengthy discussion about modifications to the Connelly Farms subdivision at the corner of Hayden Rowe Street and College Street. The hearing eventually was continued with a 5-0 vote because town...
Hopkinton’s annual July 4 Horribles Parade will not be held for a second straight year. “With the [COVID] restrictions just getting lifted and all the construction around the Town Common, it just felt like it would make sense to hold off this year,” said Dan McIntyre,...
The Juneteenth flag, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in America, was raised at Town Hall on Thursday afternoon. Members of the Hopkinton Freedom Team were joined by two Select Board members and town...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OskgueQ9QmY Representatives from the Hopkinton Freedom Team spoke at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting to discuss plans to have a Juneteenth flag fly below the American flag at Town Hall from June 19 to July 4. Update, June 17, 2 p.m.:...
