Like many people, Margaret Bower has been following the reports out of Ukraine, where neighboring Russia has embarked on a campaign to destroy much of the nation. Unlike most people, Bower decided she wanted to get personally involved. A retired FBI agent who was a...
If families are on the hunt for an outdoors-focused summer program, Tanya Trainor, the owner of Miss Tanya’s Family of Nursery Schools, says she knows just the place. “We spend 99 percent of our time outside during the summer,” she says, “and we are a process-oriented...
Leading up to the April 18 Boston Marathon, the Independent will profile local charity runners. This issue we highlight Mia Coutinho, who is running to raise funds for the 26.2 Foundation. Coutinho ran in last fall’s event and is looking forward to her first race on...
Alyssa and Christopher Thompson of Hopkinton joyfully announce the engagement of their daughter, Jacqueline December Thompson, to Timothy Francis Kane, son of Michele and Thomas Kane of Reading. Jackie, a 2015 graduate of Hopkinton High School and magna cum laude...
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...
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...
Hopkinton has begun a new marathon. Not a run to Boston, but the Hopkinton Age-Friendly and Dementia-Friendly Initiative, a multi-year project to make the town a safer and more respectful and inclusive place for seniors and those living with dementia. The initiative...
For the last six years, Brian Le Suer has spent almost every third Thursday of the month serving food to around 70 people from local communities. Le Seur has been a resident of Hopkinton since 1992 and is CEO of Zeenyx Software, a small company that specializes in...
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. Movie streaming Hopkinton Library cardholders now have...
“There’s a well-known saying that I use over and over again: Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it,” says Hunter Chaney, director of marketing and communications for the Collings Foundation and American Heritage Museum. “There are certain human...
The South Asian Circle of Hopkinton hosted a celebration Saturday to mark Holi, a spring festival of colors. The event was held at Weston Nurseries on East Main Street.
Hopkinton veterans enjoyed another military mess at the Senior Center this past Friday. It was the anniversary date of the beach assault on Okinawa in 1945. This sparked lively discussions about past military activities that happened in April. American forces...
Registration is open for the 19th annual Sharon Timlin Memorial Event, which is returning in-person to Hopkinton High School on June 18. The event, also called A Race to Cure ALS, also will retain a virtual component this year. It was solely virtual the past two years...
Each week, the Independent highlights an animal available for adoption at Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton. This week we are posting images of a number of dogs that are available through the shelter. "We currently have a full house of great dogs and I am hoping...
“People don’t call us for fun,” Dottie Scott of Scott Septic says. “Usually there’s a problem.” Luckily for Hopkinton residents, the Scotts are “big problem solvers” who have the technical expertise to respond to those urgent calls with speed and skill. Family-owned...
Amy Mick’s passion for soccer was infused during her time patrolling the fields at the Noble and Greenough School, where she was a standout high school player. A knee injury and seven subsequent surgeries kept her from pursuing an opportunity to play Division 1...
Leading up to the April 18 Boston Marathon, the Independent will profile local charity runners. This issue we highlight Ann-Michele Dragsbaek, who is running to raise funds for Project Just Because. Dragsbaek will be competing in her 16th Boston Marathon this spring....
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...
It’s been an emotionally challenging time for the Parkhomenko family — parents Maryna and Victor, 8-year-old Nikita and 6-year-old Robert — Ukrainians who have lived in Hopkinton for two years. But a gesture from the Elmwood School community — in the form of thousands...
Hopkinton resident Shova Khanal Sharma, in her position as vice president of the Federation of Indian Associations-New England, recently coordinated an International Women’s Day celebration of roses, gourmet food and recognition of gender biases. “The New England...
