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Letter to the Editor: Virtual Horribles Parade set for July 4

by | Jul 2, 2025 | Letter to Editor

Hopkinton —

You are invited to the virtual July Fourth Horribles Parade at noon. Because the Select Board chose not to provide insurance for the event as done previously, the parade will be done virtually on Hopnews.com. The theme is “Get Involved.” The organizers have received many entries already, and the parade will be bigger than last year.

Individuals, neighborhoods, businesses and organizations are invited to email photos of their signs and virtual floats to editor@hopnews.com by noon on July 3. The images and signs will be organized into a video and published at noon on July 4.

Old Horrible rules:

— Open to all

— No hate speech

— No water balloons, frozen or otherwise.

New Horrible rules:

— Organizers reserve the right to censor or not use any inappropriate submissions.

— In the subject line, please write HP: Name-of-Your-Photo (or group of photos)

— Submit entries in either .png or .jpg format

— Horizontal format is preferred but not required.

— Judges: everyone! A poll will be available when the photos are published. Voting ends on July 6 at 3 p.m.

— Ken Weismantel, Hopkinton

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3 Comments

  1. Jim Ciriello

    Better yet, follow these rules (courtesy of the San Diego Zoo)?

    PLEASE DO NOT:

    ΑΝΝΟΥ, TORMENT, PESTER, PLAGUE, MOLEST, WORRY, BADGER, HARRY, HARASS, HECKLE, PERSECUTE, IRK, BULLYRAG, VEX, DISQUIET, GRATE, BESET, BOTHER, TEASE, NETTLE, TANTALIZE, OR RUFFLE THE ANIMALS

    [SOURCE: SAN DIEGO ZOO, SAN DIEGO WILD ANIMAL PARK

  2. Chuck

    It is a shame that some people abused the event to have a political event. It turned me off it.

    It is appropriate that HopNews is sponsoring it. Did the New York Post back out?

    • Jim Ciriello

      I’ll add…..

      PLEASE DO NOT: OFFEND, CONDEMN, HATE, PERSECUTE, INSULT OR LEGITIMIZE ANYONE

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