Nomination papers for town positions available in the May 16 Annual Town Election are available at the town clerk’s office. The deadline to return the forms is March 28. The following positions are open for election: Board of Assessors (1 term, 3 years), Board of...
Hopkinton’s Cumberland Farms ended 2021 with a stroke of good luck. The West Main Street store sold the first $10 million winning ticket in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s $10,000,000 Bonus Wins instant ticket game. Cumberland Farms will receive a $50,000 bonus for...
The Select Board held a meeting Tuesday to decide which local organizations would receive a charity number for the 2022 Boston Marathon. The town received 50 numbers from the Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the historic race. Town Manager Norman Khumalo...
At its meeting on Wednesday, the Parks & Recreation Commission discussed a possible delay to the Fruit Street fields turf replacement project as well as Town Common requests and EMC Park updates. Regarding the Fruit Street fields, Chair Dan Terry reported that he...
In his COVID-19 update to the Select Board on Tuesday night, Health Director Shaun McAuliffe indicated that the town continues to have its highest COVID case total since the start of the pandemic, and he expects this surge to continue through February. “We’ve had a...
At Tuesday's Select Board meeting, Town Manager Norman Khumalo reported that Hopkinton is applying for a grant to help defray the costs associated with the PFAS water treatment plan. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) PFAS6 interim...
Friday morning's snowstorm caused Hopkinton schools to be closed for the day. In addition to classes, all after-school activities in the buildings have been canceled, including athletic events. Town Hall and all municipal offices, including the Hopkinton Public...
The town's Water and Sewer Department warned residents that water might be discolored throughout town due to hydrants being needed to fight a fire early Wednesday morning on Fruit Street. The fire was at a building owned by J.B. Sawmill & Land Clearing, which is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG5aSUBaX7I Former Red Sox pitcher Jim Corsi, a one-time resident of Hopkinton, died of cancer Tuesday morning at his home in Bellingham at the age of 60. Corsi recently shared his story with WBZ-TV’s Steve Burton (also a former...
While Hopkinton is in the midst of an unprecedented COVID surge — including the town’s first confirmed case of the fast-spreading Omicron variant — the recent illnesses have been far less severe. That is part of the reason why the Board of Health on Monday night...
Hometown Barbershop barber Liz Hawkins, who suffered stab wounds on Friday at the Main Street shop after an incident involving a co-worker, shared her account of what happened, saying she was in “total shock and disbelief” at the “unprovoked” attack and that her...
Hopkinton Police announced Friday night that they have charged a local barber in connection with a stabbing that occurred earlier in the day at a Main Street shop. The Hopkinton Emergency Call Center received two 911 calls at about 5 p.m. about a stabbing inside...
Hopkinton Fire Department personnel were among those called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 495 South in Hopkinton on Friday around 8:27 a.m. According to State Police, a 2004 Ford F250 left the roadway and crashed into the bridge abutment at the...
The Conservation Commission at its Tuesday night meeting continued the Connelly Farms subdivision project hearing until Jan. 4 but acknowledged that the process “is at the 5-yard line.” Scott Goddard, representing Ravenwood LLC and developer Ron Nation, said that the...
Health Director Shaun McAuliffe said that while the town continues to be one of top vaccinated communities in the commonwealth, there has been an ongoing surge in cases this month. McAuliffe said there have been 99 cases since Dec. 1, and he expects it to be closer to...
At Tuesday's Select Board meeting, the board approved awarding a common victualer license to Cheryl Kiefer for Lone Wolf BBQ, a new restaurant that will take the spot at 24 Main Street previously occupied by Bittersweet. Kiefer said the establishment hasn’t settled on...
The Hopkinton Police Department’s arrest and incident log continues to be unavailable for publication, as the department only has released very basic information. Chief Joseph Bennett said last week that he has had multiple discussions with the department’s new...
At its public meeting on Wednesday, the Upper Charles Trail Committee (UCTC) provided a progress report on the Hopkinton portion of the proposed trail project, an 8-mile path through town that extends from Milford to Ashland. The presentation by UCTC Chair Jane Moran...
The town’s temporary solution to the issue of potentially harmful chemicals in its water supply will be to rent or purchase a filtration system for the problematic Fruit Street well, the Select Board decided Tuesday. Additionally, residents who have been identified as...
Representatives from Lykan Bioscience appeared before the Select Board on Tuesday night to share plans for the expansion of the company’s South Street headquarters and ask for discussions to start on a new tax increment financing agreement (TIF) with the town. The...
