Because only four of the seven commissioners on the Conservation Commission were able to attend Tuesday night’s virtual meeting, the applicants for the Massachusetts Laborers Training property on 37 East Street and The Trails development requested continuances of...
In order for Hopkinton to gain access to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority water supply, it will have to go through Southborough. And that will come at a cost. Representatives from the towns met Dec. 15, and while Town Manager Norman Khumalo said the...
At Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, board members continued discussions about a proposed regional emergency communication center. While no vote was taken, some board members made it clear they were not ready to support moving forward. Some residents have expressed...
The Planning Board held its first in-person meeting of the post-pandemic era on Monday evening, and it unanimously approved several Town Meeting warrant articles and discussed board goals. Several proposed articles previously discussed in board meetings were...
Town Clerk Connor Degan announced that nomination papers for elected town officers will be available in the Town Clerk's Office starting Jan. 17. Anyone interested in seeking to volunteer for elected office in the May 15 Annual Town Election should inquire with the...
The Board of Health at its meeting Monday evening discussed the latest variant of the COVID-19 virus and announced that the Health Department has an abundance of test kits to issue to residents who need them. Public Health Nurse Simone Carter said that “there has been...
At a hybrid informational meeting Wednesday night held at the Hopkinton Senior Center, residents urged the town to take a step back from joining Grafton, Southborough and Westborough in a proposed regional emergency communications center (RECC), citing concerns about...
It turns out that the farm animal that had been wandering free on Ash Street and previously referred to as a bull and a steer actually is a heifer — a young female cow. We now know this because, after a few months of sauntering into residents’ backyards and living in...
ARRESTS January 1 5:58 a.m. On DiCarlo Road, Officer Robert Ekross arrested a 61-year-old Upton resident and charged him with miscellaneous motor vehicle equipment violation, number plate violation and OUI liquor. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officers Augusto Diaz and...
More than 20 people met with town officials Tuesday afternoon in a one-hour hybrid meeting to hear the pros and cons of Hopkinton potentially joining a regional emergency communications center (RECC). For those on Zoom, the meeting was marred by poor sound quality,...
The town announced that staff will hold office hours to answer residents' questions about a potential Regional Emergency Communications Center (RECC) on Tuesday, Jan. 3, from 3-4 p.m. The communications director, police chief, fire chief and town manager are slated to...
ARRESTS December 22 10:21 p.m. A caller reported a motor vehicle accident on Cedar Street. Sergeant William Burchard and Officers Matthew LaTour and Cody Normandin responded along with the Fire Department and reported airbag deployment and no personal injuries. A...
Mary E. Harrington, whose 35 years of volunteer service in Hopkinton included a stint as chair of the Select Board, died Friday at the age of 86. Her death was announced by Callanan Cronin Funeral Home, which indicated she died at Milford Regional Medical Center....
The town announced Friday that the Main Street Corridor Project contractor, A.F. Amorello & Sons, has finished work for the season. Work will resume after the 2023 Boston Marathon. Marathon Way — the road between the Town Common and the doughboy statue — will be...
The Conservation Commission at its two-hour meeting Tuesday night voted 4-1 to release two units on the open space mixed-use development (OSMUD) site plan for The Trails after some prolonged debate. The hearing was continued because the commissioners continued to...
The town officially announced a new grant opportunity for local small businesses that were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as a total of $100,000 in funding is available through the Town of Hopkinton Economic Recovery Support Grant. Individual grants of...
ARRESTS December 16 9:15 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle struck a telephone pole on Fruit Street. The vehicle was unoccupied when the reporting person called. Sergeant William Burchard and Officers Brennan Grimley and Matthew LaTour responded and arrested a...
A Massachusetts State Trooper and a police dog are recovering after an accident on Interstate 495 in Hopkinton on Monday. The trooper, Ken Hanchett, and his K-9 companion, Orry, were inside their cruiser on the side of I-495 south while working a construction detail...
During a presentation at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, members of the Elementary School Building Committee stressed the need for community involvement over the next few weeks as the committee closes in on a recommendation for the site of a replacement for Elmwood...
During Tuesday's Select Board meeting, board member Shahidul Mannan asked Town Manager Norman Khumalo for an explanation about the narrow roadway on the western portion of the Main Street Corridor Project. The town elected to widen the newly reconfigured roadway this...
