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There has been a lot of publicity in the last few years regarding the threats to our ecosystem due to a decline in the bee population. Hopkinton Girl Scouts want to make sure that message is front and center. And it is, at the trailhead on Hopkinton’s Center Trail...
On Oct. 13, UniBank, which has 13 locations across Central Massachusetts, announced the founding of UniBank Charitable Foundation, an endowment of $2 million. The foundation will support local nonprofits and organizations. CEO Michael Welch says establishing a...
Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series focusing on town employees. Connor Degan has spent most of his life in Hopkinton, attending the public schools and graduating from Hopkinton High School. He graduated from Roger Williams University in 2014 with...
Just before Roxbury’s Ted Resnikoff embarked on his 11th consecutive Boston Marathon run, Hopkinton’s Daniel Eastman smudged him with the smoke of sage and sweet grass. The action is in the Native American tradition, and the Boston Marathon, due to the pandemic...
As the world of science and technology seems to be advancing at warp speed these days, it’s hard not to think about what the world could be like in the years to come. Could we live on Mars? Will robots become part of our households? Will we have pet dinosaurs? Maybe...
Guests will be grabbing their pearls and pulling out their pinstripes for the Hopkinton Country Club Charitable Foundation Roaring ’20s Evening Gala. The HCCCF’s 12th annual gala fundraiser will be held Saturday, Nov. 20, from 6:30-11 p.m. at the Hopkinton Country...
The Hopkinton Independent presents “A Slice of Hopkinton” photo contest, sponsored by Bill’s Pizzeria. Readers are encouraged to submit photos of people, places or things in Hopkinton. The Independent staff will select one winner for each issue. The winner will have...
For more information on any of the following programs or other activities at the library, visit hopkintonlibrary.org. The library also can be found on Facebook, @hopkintonlibrary, and on Twitter, @HopkintonPLMA. Announcements: New Young Adult Librarian The Hopkinton...
The Hopkinton Senior Center is open Mondays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. For a more extensive listing of programs check Ourseniorcenter.com/find/Hopkinton-council-on-aging or hopkintonseniorcenter.com. Anyone with questions...
The Hopkinton Center for the Arts will hold its annual fundraising gala on Saturday at 7 p.m. This year's event features a performance by singer/songwriter/pianist Bob Malone, who has traveled the world playing for John Fogerty and has recorded or played with musical...
Each week, the Independent highlights an animal available for adoption at Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton. This week's adoptable animal is 4-year-old Ronan. Here is Baypath's description of Ronan: "Ronan doesn't let a bad hair day get him down! He loves to have...
The Hopkinton-based food pantry Project Just Because is looking to get out the word that it wants to help any families in need during the holiday season. PJB is providing holiday meals as well as gifts to ages 18 and under. These programs are available now to anyone...
By John Ritz Special to the Independent With the approach of Halloween, the city of Salem gets its annual spotlight because of the witch trials of the 1600s. Did you know there’s a Hopkinton connection to those trials? One of the accused was Sarah Cloyce. She was the...
Each week, the Independent highlights an animal available for adoption at Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton. This week's adoptable animal is 2-year-old Owen. Here is Baypath’s description of Owen: “Have you been missing a giant fluffball in your life? If so, then...
The 125th Boston Marathon — the first to be held in the fall instead of April — went off with no major issues Oct. 11. It was successful from a number of angles, including for local charity runners. Annie Dumas, a 23-year-old physical therapy doctorate student who...
Michael and Kristen Aghajanian bought the Central Tavern in Milford two months before the pandemic struck. The timing was “horrible,” Michael Aghajanian said, but it allowed the couple to completely renovate the space. After a 13-month shutdown, the tavern reopened in...
By Davide Farinacci Special to the Independent On Oct. 11, a group of Hopkinton High School students had the opportunity to get hands-on experience contributing to a television broadcast and, in return, WBZ Channel 4 got firsthand information about the Boston Marathon...
The waste and recycling services company E.L. Harvey & Sons, which runs a facility in Hopkinton on the border with Westborough — where the company is headquartered — recently was acquired by Waste Connections, a company that serves more than 7 million residential,...
Austin Donald Ostrander was born on the morning of Sept. 19 at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. He was 8 pounds, 6 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. He is the son of Paul and Jessie Ostrander of Hopkinton. His paternal grandparents are Dick and Gemma Ostrander...
The Hopkinton Senior Center is open Mondays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. For a more extensive listing of programs check Ourseniorcenter.com/find/Hopkinton-council-on-aging or hopkintonseniorcenter.com. Anyone with questions...
