Anyone who has driven on the newly redesigned section of Main Street just east of the Wood Street intersection can see that the area for vehicular traffic is more narrow than it was before this summer’s redesign, with sidewalks on both sides limiting driver’s options....
As part of the Main Street Corridor Project this week, an eastbound detour from Grove Street to Maple Street to Hayden Rowe Street and back to Main Street will be in place for work in the area of the Route 135/Route 85 intersection. Work will include the installation...
POLICE LOG September 27 12:10 a.m. Officer Nicholas Saletnik made checks of Pratt Way. 1:16 a.m. Officer Nicholas Saletnik checked on a box truck loading and unloading supplies on South Street. All was OK. 6:22 a.m. Officer Nicholas Saletnik made checks of Sandy Beach...
The Boston Athletic Association has allocated 50 invitational entries to the Town of Hopkinton for the 2023 Boston Marathon, the town announced. The Select Board will set the number distribution policy at its Oct. 11 meeting. It is expected that the application period...
The Hopkinton Board of Health at its meeting Monday evening unanimously approved a change to Hopkinton’s tobacco regulation policy, calling for a three-day permit suspension for an establishment’s first violation for selling tobacco or vaping products to minors. The...
As part of the Main Street Corridor Project this week, the contractor will raise castings on manholes. As a result, the eastbound Main Street detour from Pleasant Street to Maple Street to Hayden Rowe Street and back to Main Street will be in effect. On the east side...
At its meeting on Wednesday, the Parks & Recreation Commission discussed current and potential Community Preservation Committee (CPC) projects and winter programming. Current CPC projects discussed include the skate park, pickleball courts, the lacrosse wall...
The Conservation Commission at a brief meeting Tuesday night returned to the issue of invasive weed management at Lake Maspenock, agreeing to a winter drawdown of the lake as a “toolbox item” previously proposed by the Department of Public Works. DPW Director John...
ARRESTS September 20 12:28 a.m. On Hayden Rowe Street, Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officers Brennan Grimley and Nicholas Saletnik performed field sobriety tests and subsequently arrested a 41-year-old from Barnstable and charged him with marked lanes violation,...
Alltown Fresh, the newly opened market and gas station at 92 West Main Street, will host a commemoration ceremony this Friday at 1 p.m. to honor Hopkinton's "historic founding families" who owned the property at Claflinville Four Corners, the area where Alltown Fresh...
The Hopkinton Health Department is hosting a drive-through COVID booster vaccine clinic for seniors this Friday (Sept. 30) from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Hopkinton Senior Center. The vaccine will be the new bivalent Moderna booster. The link to register is:...
As part of the Main Street Corridor Project this week, the contractor will raise castings on manholes project-wide. As a result, the eastbound detour from Pleasant Street to Maple Street to Hayden Rowe Street and back to Main Street will be in effect. On the east side...
With the town’s right-of-way survey along Hayden Rowe Street completed, members of the Upper Charles Trail Committee (UCTC) on Wednesday discussed how that could affect a proposed segment of the Upper Charles Trail. “Months and months ago we tried to identify what the...
POLICE LOG September 13 12:02 a.m. Officer Brennan Grimley made checks of Pratt Way property. 3:10 a.m. Officer Brennan Grimley checked on South Street businesses. 7:27 a.m. Sergeant Timothy Brennan completed community policing at the high school. 7:29 a.m. Officer...
During a short Select Board meeting on Tuesday night, Town Manager Norman Khumalo shared information about a feasibility study for a potential regional emergency communications center that would include Hopkinton and neighboring towns. Hopkinton, Grafton, Hudson,...
The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night unanimously approved an open space mixed use development (OSMUD) at 83 East Main Street after discussing concerns that the three proposed age-restricted housing units would clash with the historic single-family house that...
As part of the Main Street Corridor Project, work this week will include raising castings on manholes project-wide. The eastbound detour from Main Street to Pleasant Street to Maple Street to Hayden Rowe Street and back to Main Street will be utilized. Additionally,...
The Hopkinton Fire Department will open its station to the public on Sunday, Oct. 16, from from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for its annual open house. Residents (adults and children) will have an opportunity to view demonstrations, learn about fire safety and tour the station....
At its meeting on Wednesday, the Parks & Recreation Commission discussed the maintenance of the new Fruit Street turf field, Town Common property requests and Community Preservation Committee projects. With the turf field construction phase now complete, the...
POLICE LOG September 6 12:09 a.m. Officer Basit Dennis made checks of Elm Street property. 12:55 a.m. Officer Brennan Grimley made checks of Hayden Rowe Street property. 6:26 a.m. Chief Joseph Bennett, Sergeants Arthur Schofield and Timothy Brennan, and Officers Tyler...
