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...
Police & Fire
Start Line Brewing will remain open after minor fire in garage
The Hopkinton Fire Department responded to a small fire at Start Line Brewing on Hayden Rowe Street Tuesday morning. The fire was in a utility building in the back of the facility. Update, Tuesday, 5 p.m.: Start Line owner Ted Twinney reports that the fire was...
Safety prime topic at School Committee meeting
School safety, the contract for nurses and the Elmwood School building project were among the topics on the Hopkinton School Committee agenda on Thursday night. With the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, still weighing on people’s minds, Superintendent Carol...
Arrests/Police Log, June 7 edition
POLICE LOG May 31 1:49 a.m. Officer Matthew LaTour made checks of Sandy Beach on Lakeshore Drive. 2:34 a.m. Sergeant Matthew McNeil checked on East Street property. 8:42 a.m. A Hayden Rowe Street resident reported finding a boxer dog in her yard. The animal control...
Police Chief Bennett: ‘We will address any threat to our schools wherever they are, very quickly’
During Tuesday's Select Board meeting, the board discussed setting goals for the police chief, among others. Toward the end of the discussion with Police Chief Joseph Bennett, the issue of school safety came up — with last month's school shooting in Texas still fresh...
Select Board roundup: Center School, Upper Charles Trail updates presented
The former Center School at 11 Ash Street currently sits vacant, but there are discussions taking place about the future of the property across from the Town Common. On Tuesday night, Dan McIntyre, chair of the Permanent Building Committee, provided the Select Board...
Arrests/Police Log, May 31 edition
POLICE LOG May 24 12:37 a.m. Sergeant Arthur Schofield checked on Pratt Way property. 11:00 a.m. The Middletown, Rhode Island, Police Department requested assistance locating an Everett Circle resident involved in a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident in Middletown....
Arrests/Police Log, May 24 edition
ARRESTS May 22 6:55 p.m. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officers Basit Dennis, Robert Ekross and Cody Normandin responded to a motor vehicle crash involving two cars on Hayward Street. A 72-year-old from Eliot, Maine, was arrested and charged with marked lanes violation...
Arrests/Police Log, May 17 edition
POLICE LOG May 10 2:01 a.m. Officer Matthew LaTour made checks of Wilson Street property. 9:48 a.m. Officers Sean McKeon and Shannon Beloin responded to a motor vehicle accident on College Street and took a report. A tow truck removed one vehicle. No personal injuries...
Arrests/Police Log, May 10 edition
POLICE LOG May 3 12:51 a.m. A caller reported a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the roadway of C Street. Sergeants Aaron O’Neil and Arthur Schofield responded and attempted to stop the vehicle. The vehicle eventually stopped on Hayden Rowe Street. The Milford...
Arrests/Police Log, May 3 edition
ARRESTS April 30 9:53 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle all over the road on West Main Street. Officers Robert Ekross, Jessica Ferreira and Cody Normandin responded and subsequently arrested a 28-year-old from Ashland and charged her with OUI liquor and marked lanes...
Arrests/Police Log, April 26 edition
POLICE LOG April 19 5:25 a.m. A caller reported a ladder in the roadway of Interstate 495. Officer Benjamin Stickney responded and checked the area with a negative find, and another caller reported the ladder was on 495 northbound. The State Police were notified. 8:08...
Arrests/Police Log, April 19 edition
ARRESTS April 16 2:34 p.m. Officers Moira McGaffigan and Kevin Sager responded to a motor vehicle crash on East Main Street and subsequently arrested a 49-year-old Curtis Road resident and charged him with OUI liquor. An ambulance responded, and Officer Shannon Beloin...
Select Board roundup: No support for former Liberty Mutual property acquisition; Tedstone bids farewell
The Select Board on Tuesday voted not to support a resident’s Town Meeting request to allocate $500,000 for the purchase of the wooded area behind the former Liberty Mutual property on Frankland Road that is targeted for a commercial solar array. Resident Ann...
Fire on Clinton Street could lead to water discoloration in town
Due to the Fire Department utilizing hydrants to fight a fire on Clinton Street early Saturday morning, the Water and Sewer Department is cautioning residents that there might be some water discoloration throughout the system. Residents are advised to check their...
Arrests/Police Log, April 12 edition
ARRESTS April 8 3:38 a.m. A caller reported a loud bang and a vehicle in the middle of the roadway. Sergeant Matthew McNeil and Officers Shannon Beloin and Benjamin Stickney responded and subsequently arrested a 32-year-old from Worcester and charged her with marked...
Major accident snarls traffic on I-495 South in Hopkinton
The Hopkinton Fire Department was among the first responders to a multiple-vehicle accident on Interstate 495 South just past the MassPike exit Friday morning. The HFD first tweeted around 7:30 a.m. about the accident, which drew a response from emergency crews from...
Arrests/Police Log, April 5 edition
POLICE LOG March 29 1:14 a.m. Officer Stephen Buckley checked on East Street property. 1:39 a.m. Officer Brittany Firth made checks of Fruit Street property. 2:30 a.m. Officer Brittany Firth checked on a person in a motor vehicle on Avenue F and made him aware of an...
Select Board roundup: Board approves new police officers, administrative assistant
At Tuesday night's meeting, the Select Board unanimously approved the hiring of two new police officers: Basit Dennis and Sean McKeon. Dennis got his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts, where he played football for the Minutemen. He earned a...
Arrests/Police Log, March 29 edition
ARRESTS March 25 10:19 p.m. A caller reported an erratic operator traveling down West Main Street toward Winter Street. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officers Matthew LaTour and Robert Ekross responded and caught up with the vehicle. A 68-year-old Winter Street resident...