The state’s Department of Agricultural Resources will review Hopkinton’s proposed vegetative management plan that would allow use of herbicides on rights of way at a Zoom hearing this Friday. Department of Public Works Director Kerry Reed outlined this plan at the...
The Hopkinton Fire Department tackled a passenger vehicle fire on Chestnut Street on Monday afternoon. Dispatchers received a call from a motorist around 2:10 p.m. stating his car had caught fire in the area of 33 Chestnut Street. "The driver reported a mechanical...
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced that overnight work on the Interstate 495 southbound on-ramp from Interstate 90 in Hopkinton will start Tuesday and continue through the week. The ramp will be closed from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. MassDOT anticipates...
The Open Space Preservation Commission on Thursday night approved a request for moving a trail off Whisper Way onto land that had been donated to the commission as part of an open space and landscape preservation development (OSLPD) special permit for a 12-unit...
The Parks & Recreation Commission learned during its meeting Tuesday night that parts of the Parks & Rec budget were facing cuts under the town’s budget directives for fiscal year 2026. Parks & Rec Director Jon Lewitus explained he had received feedback...
ARRESTS January 10 6:47 p.m. On Grove Street, Officer Kyle Quinzani arrested a 34-year-old Framingham resident on a warrant and additionally charged her with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and speeding in violation of special regulation. January 12 4:59 p.m....
The Hopkinton Fire Department on Tuesday afternoon assisted a specialized team in rescuing a tree maintenance worker trapped in a bucket truck on Hayden Rowe Street after the bucket appeared to malfunction while it was suspended in the air. In a phone interview with...
A home in the Legacy Farms neighborhood is “uninhabitable” after a fire broke out Thursday night. Around 7:28 p.m., Hopkinton Fire Department dispatchers received multiple calls reporting a house fire at 1 Windsong Way. The HFD responded within minutes, assisted by...
Hopkinton Water-Sewer manager Eric Carty announced that the use of fire hydrants Thursday night because of a fire in Legacy Farms South may cause discoloration in residents' water. According to the Water Department's website, while some recent rain has helped with...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwCVh1kDqmU The Conservation Commission at Tuesday’s meeting continued the hearing about a townwide vegetation management plan requested by the Department of Public Works that included the usage of herbicides. The request for...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GscLxWszkG4 As the town faces a $3 million deficit for fiscal year 2026, the Select Board at its meeting Tuesday night addressed concerns that the School Department would be held to the same budget increase standard as other town...
ARRESTS None this week. POLICE LOG December 31 1:02 a.m. Officer Kyle Quinzani made checks of Constitution Court property. 9:28 a.m. Officer Noah Buentello checked on the LNG plant on Wilson Street. 9:53 a.m. A Greystone Lane resident reported fraud with his...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GscLxWszkG4 The Select Board on Tuesday appointed nine members to the newly created Trails Committee, mixing the membership with previous trails advocates and new faces in an effort to create a unified approach to trail development and...
Health Director Shaun McAuliffe informed the Board of Health Monday night that the town’s budget tightening measures will force a reduction in health services. “We are told the hiring process is on hold,” he informed the board. “With the 1.3% increase, there’s a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fuvZUO3frw The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night approved in an 8-0 vote a revised plan for Main Street Crossing, the proposed multifamily mixed-use development at the former location of Hopkinton Drug. The complex, which...
A tractor-trailer rollover in the area of 226 Wood Street caused the road to be reduced to one lane of traffic during the Friday morning rush-hour commute. Hopkinton Fire Department Lt. John Sheridan told the Independent that the incident occurred at 6:59 a.m. "A...
Two suspects were arrested Dec. 28 by Hopkinton Police Department officers on multiple charges in what the department’s deputy chief said he believes was a “targeted” robbery of an abandoned home on Wood Street. The alleged home invasion took place at 1:36 p.m. on...
