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Saturday’s Town Election, like Town Meeting two weeks earlier, featured a small turnout and no surprises. In the only contested race, incumbents Amanda Fargiano and Meg Tyler easily won the race for the two available seats on the School Committee. All four questions —...
Mikayla Miller’s ex-girlfriend reached out to a Hopkinton High School guidance counselor days before Miller died, expressing concern for her and indicating Miller was having panic attacks, according to an email shared with the media this week. “I’m really worried...
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At a press conference Wednesday, Mikayla Miller’s mother disputed the medical examiner’s findings that the Hopkinton teenager’s death was a suicide. “I want to be really clear that the only thing I want out of all of this is to find the truth,” Calvina Strothers said....
The Hopkinton Police Department on Wednesday released records — including the police log, audio of the 911 call, and separate audio and video from emergency vehicles driving to the scene — related to the Mikayla Miller...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYiJR4nkEJY The Select Board, meeting in person at Town Hall on Tuesday night for the first time since switching to Zoom last year during the pandemic, bid farewell to Brian Herr, paying tribute to the longtime board member by singing...
According to multiple reports out of Boston, the Massachusetts medical examiner has determined that Mikayla Miller’s death was a suicide. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has said repeatedly that she would not come to any conclusions in the investigation into...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQv73bCGJW0&list=PL8WekT6kxX1CwNNgtVPivQYbM7NakFJ_T&index=1 The Planning Board held two hearings at its meeting Monday, the most widely discussed being the Connelly Farm special permit for an Open Space and Landscape...
Editor's note: This is the town of Hopkinton's COVID-19 update for May 18. COVID-19 Updates and Precautions May 18 update Previous updates and additional information and resources can be found here: coronavirus-hopkintonma.hub.arcgis.com/ As of May 13, Hopkinton’s...
Required fire flow tests at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Wilson Street have been scheduled for Thursday. Water and Sewer Department manager Eric Carty cautions that the tests could cause some water discoloration throughout the day. While the discoloration...
ARRESTS May 14 11:46 p.m. A caller reported an intoxicated driver hit a stone wall on Lumber Street. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officers Stephen Buckley, Cody Normandin and Brittany Firth responded and subsequently arrested a 44-year-old woman from Ashland and...
Annual Town Election is scheduled for May 22. The only contested race is School Committee. Below is a lot of all positions, along with the four questions that are on the ballot, followed by brief bios of the candidates. School Committee (3 years, vote for 2) —...
The Hopkinton Police Department announced Sunday evening that it had located an elderly man who had not returned home from a walk earlier in the day. Edward O'Leary, who is 88 years old, was located at approximately 6:47 p.m. "in a swampy area of town off of Linden...
The Hopkinton exits off Interstate 495 are to be renumbered in the next few weeks, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced. MassDOT stated on May 12 that the exits are in the next group to receive new signage as part of the ongoing program...
Editor's note: This is the town of Hopkinton's COVID-19 update for May 14. COVID-19 Updates and Precautions May 14 update Previous updates and additional information and resources can be found here: coronavirus-hopkintonma.hub.arcgis.com/ As of May 13, Hopkinton’s...
Project Just Because announced Thursday that it has started a fundraising campaign to purchase its own building. The Hopkinton nonprofit currently leases a facility on South Street. It plans to buy a building on the same street and move in by July of 2022. The goal is...
Hopkinton public health nurse Kasey Mauro has announced that she is resigning, with her last day scheduled for June 4. In a message posted on her website, Mauro explained that when she took the job in late 2019 she was hoping to spend more time with her family. It did...
The Conservation Commission heard a number of issues at its three-hour meeting on Tuesday, ranging from updates to the Chamberlain/Whalen project to trails creation. Several major items were continued to the meeting on May 25. Requests had been received before the...
POLICE LOG May 4 7:59 a.m. A caller spoke with Officer Brendon Lyver about child custody. 9:40 a.m. A caller reported a disturbance in a Cedar Street lobby. Sergeant Timothy Brennan and Officers Ryan Polselli and Brendon Lyver responded and took a report. 10:24 a.m. A...
According to an email from Water and Sewer Department manager Eric Carty, on Tuesday night crews repaired a water main break on Chestnut Street near the intersection of Hayden Rowe. Although hydrants were flushed in the area to help alleviate any issues, there could...
Editor's note: This story has been updated multiple times, most recently at 9:55 p.m. with a comment from the town manager. Due to a gas main break, Main Street was closed Monday around 9:45 a.m. from Pleasant Street to Hayden Rowe Street. Emergency personnel rushed...
