As part of the Main Street Corridor Project this week, the eastbound detour from Pleasant Street to Maple Street to Hayden Rowe Street and back to Main Street will be in place Monday through Friday. The eastbound detour from Grove Street to Maple Street to Hayden Rowe...
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Parks & Rec discusses sustainability, pending projects
The Parks & Recreation Commission at its Wednesday meeting learned about the efforts of the town’s Climate Action Workgroup to promote sustainability and discussed potential ways in which the commission can work with the group. The Climate Action Workgroup is a...
Fruit Street bridge remains closed as MassDOT interchange improvement project enters construction phase
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation recently held a virtual meeting detailing the beginning of the construction phase in December of the remodeled interchange between Interstate 495 and Interstate 90, which straddles Hopkinton and Westborough. As part of...
Health Department schedules weekly COVID vaccine clinics
The Hopkinton Health Department is offering weekly clinics for ages 6 and older to receive the Moderna bivalent COVID booster shot. The clinics are being held on Tuesdays from 4-6 p.m. at the Nurse’s Office in the lower level of Town Hall. There are no clinics on Dec....
Arrests/Police Log, Nov. 29 edition
ARRESTS November 22 5:25 p.m. A caller reported an erratic operator on West Main Street. Officers Matthew LaTour and Cody Normandin responded and caught up with a 26-year-old Upton resident and arrested him for OUI Liquor. POLICE LOG November 22 12:35 a.m. Officer...
Main Street Corridor Project update: Eastbound detours again in place
As part of the Main Street Corridor Project this week, the eastbound detour from Pleasant Street to Maple Street to Hayden Rowe Street and back to Main Street will be in place Monday through Friday. The eastbound detour from Grove Street to Maple Street to Hayden Rowe...
Arrests/Police Log, Nov. 22 edition
ARRESTS November 17 2:24 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle parked in a bad spot on Fruit Street. Officers Cody Normandin responded and subsequently arrested a 45-year-old from Marlborough on a warrant. POLICE LOG November 15 2:54 a.m. Officer Nicholas Saletnik made...
Planning Board continues hearings on Morse Lane subdivision, The Trails
The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night voted unanimously to continue a hearing on a proposed family subdivision by the Capobianco family on Morse Lane to give the applicant time to consider if widening the road there would be a viable option. Attorney Timothy...
Residents invited to apply for heating assistance
The South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC) is accepting applications for this year’s Heating and Fuel Assistance Program. The program pays a portion of the cost of one’s primary source of heat — including wood, pellets, gas, oil, kerosene, propane, coal and oil —...
Town announces budget listening sessions Dec. 5, 8
The town announced that there will be comprehensive fiscal year 2024 budget listening sessions on Dec. 5 and Dec. 8. The Dec. 5 session, titled "Seniors Speak," will be held at the Senior Center (28 Mayhew Street) from noon-1 p.m. The Dec. 8 session, called "Business...
Main Street Corridor Project update: Eastbound detours through Wednesday this week
As part of the Main Street Corridor Project this week, the eastbound detour from Pleasant Street to Maple Street to Hayden Rowe Street and back to Main Street will be in place Monday through Wednesday. The eastbound detour from Grove Street to Maple Street to Hayden...
Health Department hosts COVID/flu vaccine clinic Tuesday
The Hopkinton Health Department will host a COVID/flu clinic on Tuesday, Nov. 22, in the Nurse's Office in the basement of Town Hall. The flu vaccines are for ages 2 and older. The Moderna bivalent COVID booster vaccine is for ages 6 and older. Walk-ins are welcome...
UCTC discusses CPC application for Segment 1 study, revisits Segment 6 controversy
The Upper Charles Trails Committee (UCTC) at its hour-long meeting Wednesday night discussed the group’s recent activities, including the submission of a request for funding to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) for Segment 1 of the Upper Charles Trail. The...
Conservation Commission continues contentious hearings for Mass. Laborers, The Trails
The Conservation Commission at its meeting Tuesday night continued hearings on two cases it has been considering for several months: the Massachusetts Laborers Training Center property at 37 East Street and The Trails development. These were the two main cases under...
Permit in place, plans for 83 East Main development move forward
Plans for an open space mixed-use development (OSMUD) at the site of a historic house at 83 East Main Street are moving forward after clarification from town officials that the developer already has a permit noting that the proper infrastructure exists for water and...
Town announces pandemic economic recovery grants for residents
Hopkinton’s Youth & Family Services is accepting grant applications from residents disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the town announced. In 2021, a $4 billion spending package was passed at the state level to invest in the commonwealth’s...
Arrests/Police Log, Nov. 15 edition
ARRESTS November 14 10:09 p.m. On West Main Street, Officers Robert Ekross and Cody Normandin and Sergeant Aaron O’Neil arrested a 41-year-old Blackstone resident on a warrant and also charged her with failure to yield at intersection, unlicensed operation of motor...
Select Board roundup: Altaeros TIF moves forward; Friends’ Click recognized
At Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, Town Manager Norman Khumalo presented the board with a draft of a tax increment financing agreement intended to encourage Altaeros Energies to relocate its headquarters to South Street. The board voted unanimously to move the TIF...
COVID, budget among Board of Health topics
The Board of Health at its meeting Monday discussed how COVID-19 has become a more normalized part of existence after two years of coping with the pandemic, as well as how Hopkinton might be eligible for national recognition for how it has responded to the pandemic....
Limited number of flu vaccines available for Tuesday clinic
The Hopkinton Health Department has eight state-supplied flu vaccines available (six shots and two mists for inhaling). These vaccines are designated for children (18 and younger) or uninsured persons — as per state requirements. Individuals wishing to obtain the...