ARRESTS June 28 12:21 a.m. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officer Cody Normandin conducted a motor vehicle stop on Exchange Street and subsequently arrested a 44-year-old Parker Point Road resident and charged her with failure to dim headlights, unlicensed operation of...
Hopkinton’s Department of Public Works (DPW) will host a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday, July 30, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. It will be held at the DPW facility at 83 Wood Street. This program is for Hopkinton residents only, and participants should be...
Following Monday's day off, work will continue on the Main Street Corridor Project starting Tuesday. As workers excavate the existing roadway gravel and install, grade and compact new gravel between the Fire Station and the Wood Street intersection, a single lane of...
Hopkinton Town Hall and municipal offices — including the library and the Senior Center — will be closed on Monday in observance of Independence Day. The library also will be closed this Saturday. As previously reported, there will be no July 4 Horribles Parade again...
If the Hopkinton Cricket Club is to add another pitch to use for a sport that is growing in popularity, it will have to be somewhere other than Reed Park, with the Parks & Recreation Commission giving the proposal four thumbs down in a unanimous vote Wednesday...
ARRESTS June 25 11:15 p.m. Officer Matthew LaTour conducted a motor vehicle stop on Main Street and subsequently arrested a 35-year-old Framingham resident and charged her with OUI drugs. POLICE LOG June 21 12:05 a.m. Officer Sean McKeon made checks of Main Street...
Clean water is a valuable — often underappreciated — commodity, and it’s about to become a lot more expensive in Hopkinton. At the June 21 Select Board meeting, the board approved a 9.5 percent increase in water use fees for fiscal year 2023. And town officials...
Water-Sewer Department Manager Eric Carty announced Monday morning that the water pump motor that ceased functioning over the weekend has been repaired and the well is back on line. As such, the town will revert to its normal state of required water use restrictions....
A detour is planned for eastbound Main Street traffic on Monday and Wednesday this week due to work on the Main Street Corridor Project. The detour will send drivers from Main Street to Pleasant Street to Grove Street, which will return drivers to Main Street. On...
The Hopkinton Water-Sewer Department requested Saturday morning that residents on the municipal system turn off all sprinkler systems and refrain from any unnecessary outdoor water use due to a pump motor failure at one of the town's water wells. "It is of the utmost...
The Hopkinton Republican Town Committee met June 13 and elected a new Executive Committee. Jim Mirabile will serve as chair, Chris Alicandro is vice chair, Leda Arakelian is secretary and Bill Muench is treasurer. According to a press release from the HRTC, the new...
Planning Board members have many ideas about what to do with the vacant Center School and property at 11 Ash Street, across from the Town Common, with all in agreement that whatever the future holds for the property, it must be in the best interest of the town....
POLICE LOG June 14 12:06 a.m. A caller complained of a motor vehicle blocking Montana Road. Officer Sean McKeon responded and moved the driver along. 12:48 a.m. Officer Matthew LaTour made checks of Sandy Beach on Lakeshore Drive. 8:09 a.m. A caller reported a...
At Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, members took a moment to express condolences following the passing of Rebeka Hoffman, who had served on multiple town committees and was a substitute teacher in the local schools. Hoffman, 68, died June 11 after a one-year battle...
The Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project (CMMCP) announced that personnel will be in Hopkinton to spray for mosquitoes on July 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27. The dates are tentative and subject to change due to weather conditions, mosquito populations,...
On Sunday afternoon, a vibrant crowd of about 250 people of all ages gathered behind Hopkinton High School for the town's second LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade. The Hopkinton Freedom Team, the Hopkinton Youth Commission and Hopkinton Youth & Family Services hosted the...
There will be no Main Street Corridor Project work on Monday due to the Juneteenth holiday. For the rest of the week (Tuesday through Friday) an eastbound detour will be in place at the intersection of Route 135 and Route 85. Eastbound traffic on Main Street will be...
POLICE LOG June 7 1:08 a.m. Officer Matthew LaTour checked on a vehicle parked on Downey Street. 1:44 a.m. Officer Basit Dennis checked on Wilson Street property. 2:02 a.m. Officer Basit Dennis checked on Main Street buildings and found a door unlocked. 6:56 a.m. A...
With efforts continuing to bring the Upper Charles Trail extension to fruition, members of the Upper Charles Trail Committee are turning their attention to a different section of the trail as well as public outreach efforts. Meeting one week after Chair Jane Moran...
At its meeting on Monday, the Parks & Recreation Commission invited the Hopkinton Cricket Club and neighborhood residents to discuss a proposal to install a cricket pitch at Reed Park. Ravi Dasari and Rajanagan Rasan, representatives from the Hopkinton Cricket...
