The state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation announced Friday that the water at the main beach at Hopkinton State Park has tested below the acceptable limit for bacteria, meaning it has reopened for swimming. The upper beach reopened a few days earlier.
Both beaches were closed in late July after testing above the acceptable limit for enterococci.
The water continues to be tested daily.
The town-run Sandy Beach (on Lake Maspenock) has remained open throughout the summer.
While the Town's Clerk Office still is finalizing ballots, unofficial results show that close to 7,000 Hopkinton residents cast their votes in the 2026 midterm elections on Tuesday. The results show that Hopkinton residents aligned with other Massachusetts...
ARRESTS Nov. 1 5:44 p.m. Officers stopped a vehicle on Commonwealth Avenue and arrested a 50-year-old Framingham man on a warrant arrest and other charges, including a marked lanes violation, failing to stop or yield, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN-ZU3msNtE The Conservation Commission on Tuesday chastised the representative of the owner of a West Main Street property seeking mature tree removal. Members told the applicant early in the process that a home on this site would...
According to interim Chief Scott van Raalten, Hopkinton Police have identified two youths allegedly responsible for a series of door knocking disturbances around the Legacy Farms South area in recent months. Van Raalten informed the Independent via email Tuesday...
Water-Sewer Department manager Jed Fenneuff announced that construction crews will perform work on the new water main for Charleswood School on Wednesday. According to Fenneuff, the work will begin at 9 a.m. He noted that residents nearby on Hayden Rowe Street may...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0islGu0gZE The Planning Board at its meeting Monday called for a special meeting on Nov. 9 in the hope that it will receive a court ruling regarding a landowner’s plan to build a home at 0 Benson Road. The board devoted about 100...
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