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Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett released a statement Friday morning that Ryan Sweatt, 36 of Milford, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, operating to...
Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett confirmed early Friday morning that an individual was being booked for striking a person with their car Thursday night on Hayden Rowe Street. "I wanted to share with you one under arrest," Bennett wrote in an email at 12:40 a.m.,...
The Open Space Preservation Commission voted 3-0 at its meeting Thursday night to accept an open space donation as part of the Elmwood Farms development off Blueberry Lane. OSPC chair Ed Harrow said he and fellow members Jane Moran and Nancy Peters participated in a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbag_fWAQa0&ab_channel=HCAM As the Upper Charles Trail Committee discussed modifications to its charge Wednesday night, some members expressed displeasure about the influence of the Trails Committee over the UCTC’s direction. Chair...
The Select Board at its five-hour meeting Tuesday approved the hiring of three police academy officers and voted unanimously to increase the amount that older taxpaying residents can earn through volunteering with the Senior Work Program. Hopkinton Police Department...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbYWDLz0x6w&ab_channel=HCAM The tension was palpable during Tuesday night's Select Board midyear performance review of Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett, as Bennett accused chair Muriel Kramer of having a personal vendetta...
ARRESTS March 30 8:57 p.m. A caller reported a woman in a broken-down vehicle in a West Elm Street parking lot who asked for an officer’s help. Sergeant Gregg DeBoer and Officers Cody Normandin and Nicholas Saletnik responded and subsequently arrested a 52-year-old...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qi02kmKKMc&t=1939s&ab_channel=HCAM The bond release request for the Hopkinton Highlands III condominium development for a nearly 20-year-old bond of $146,400 raised a “unique” issue for the Planning Board at its meeting Monday...
The Permanent Building Committee at its meeting Monday reviewed a proposal for a 45-unit age-restricted development at the Center School site that would include retail space and a park. The proposal was submitted by local developers Chuck Joseph and Kevin Lobisser....
A pair of old billboards slated for removal this past Saturday from the former Connelly Farms property likely will come down on Monday due to a problem with a trailer, according to an advocate for the billboards' stay who was at the site Saturday morning. "And they...
The Commission on Disability at its meeting Thursday night strategized three priorities where it will focus its efforts based on the results of its January public forum. Chair Holly Morand said accessibility issues on Main Street remail a top concern, especially since...
Former Hopkinton Police Department Deputy John “Jay” Porter appeared Thursday afternoon in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn for a 10-minute status conference review hearing. But because the judge who previously presided over the case was not returning to court until...
Two old billboards on the former Connelly Farms property, on Hayden Rowe Street just north of College Street, will be removed early Saturday morning, signaling “the end of an era,” according to an advocate for their stay. At its March 5 meeting, the Historical...
During Brian Herr’s last meeting as a member of the Select Board, on May 18, 2021, it was the board's first in-person meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Herr was gifted an engraved wooden chair and sent off with effusive praise from his fellow members,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRf14DF3Fqw&ab_channel=HCAM The Select Board at its meeting Tuesday night heard about the weed management plan for Lake Maspenock, which includes the use of two herbicides. Department of Public Works Director Kerry Reed appeared...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR3IgvJcBGM&ab_channel=HCAM The Conservation Commission met for only about 30 minutes Tuesday due to hearing cancellations, shifting its focus to work session items. The major topic of discussion was 1 Foxhollow Road, a...
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG March 19 1:28 a.m. Officer Tyler Staback made checks of Sandy...
Parks & Recreation Director Jon Lewitus said the youth spring tennis program cannot run safely at Reed Park courts because of conditions there. He noted the program is scheduled to run April 23 to May 22 for ages 5-8 and 8-12 and is sold out with a waiting list....
The traffic light issue at the intersection of Routes 85 North and Route 135 West (Cedar Street and Main Street) was successfully resolved on March 12, according to the project expert. Main Street Corridor Project specialist Michelle Murdock explained in a March 19...
