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Good morning, Hopkinton! Welcome to the daily update we call Hopkinton Today — a quick recap of yesterday’s news, highlights of what’s on tap, and a photo of the day. The Annual Town Election is today from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at Hopkinton Middle School's Brown Gym. We have...
The Hopkinton High School Pops Concert will be held Sunday, May 21, at 3 p.m. at the HHS Athletic Center. The event will include performances from Noteworthy, the HHS Chorus, Jazz Lab, Jazz Ensemble, Orchestra and Concert Band. Tickets are $5 per person, with a cap of...
Hopkinton High School students Veer Bhatia, Pranamya Keshkamat, Ashwath Sridhar and Shaurya Patni took first place in the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference competition last month in Anaheim, California. The HHS students competed in the...
Annual Town Election is scheduled for Monday, May 15, from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at Hopkinton Middle School's Brown Gym. The Hopkinton Independent invited all candidates to answer some basic questions about their background and provide a general statement. We present them...
As part of the Main Street Corridor Project this week, construction crews will continue the full-depth excavation on the sidewalks and roadway on the east side of the project along with placement of gravel and dense graded crushed stone. The eastbound detour from...
The Open Space Preservation Commission at its meeting Thursday night voted 3-0 to create an ad hoc committee to discuss the potential purchase by the town of a 60-plus acre wooded property in the Springwood neighborhood that was slated to be clear cut for possible...
The town's Water Department announced Friday morning that multiple crews are out in the Springwood development flushing hydrants to alleviate an issue with water discoloration. Wrote Water Department Manager Eric Carty: "Please wait until later in the afternoon before...
Town Meeting recently approved an article asking to borrow $800,000 for a feasibility study for the proposed expansion of Hopkins School. That debt exclusion request will appear as a ballot question at the election on May 15. On Thursday, the School Committee...
Good morning, Hopkinton! Welcome to the daily update we call Hopkinton Today — a quick recap of yesterday’s news, highlights of what’s on tap, and a photo of the day. A high-speed police pursuit through the center of Hopkinton during morning rush hour ended with a...
I am writing in support of Adam Munroe and Susan Stephenson for Hopkinton School Committee. I have devoted my career to public education and now serve as a Hopkinton Library Trustee because free and equitable access to the development of broad and deep knowledge and...
I’m writing in support of Susan Stephenson and Adam Munroe for our School Committee. I’ve been taking the time to review the statements, the candidate sites and presentations around town (along with reflecting on the questions asked at Town Meeting), and am confident...
Each week, the Independent highlights an animal available for adoption at Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton. This week's adoptable animal is Tod. Here is Baypath's description of Tod: "This blue-eyed beauty is excited to meet his new family! Tod has has made his way...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKQ5b0r5Q5U When constructions crews installed high curbing on the sidewalks along the western portion of Main Street last summer as part of the Main Street Construction Project, it generally was not well received. On Wednesday morning,...
Two neighborhoods abutting a contentious property off of Kimball Road joined forces to stop the tree clearing planned for the 60-acre site by working with the property owner to address their concerns. Michael Cooper, a resident of the Springwood neighborhood and an...
Good morning, Hopkinton! Welcome to the daily update we call Hopkinton Today — a quick recap of yesterday’s news, highlights of what’s on tap, and a photo of the day. In what was described as one of its most significant decisions, the Elementary School Building...
Courtesy of Amit Jagdale, here are some photos from around town this spring.
Hopkinton High School senior Owen Fitzpatrick will present an exhibition at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts featuring artwork right off the walls of people's homes, showcasing what it means to be a family. Participants were asked to provide a brief essay explaining...
ARRESTS May 6 6:37 p.m. Officers Cody Normandin and Matthew LaTour conducted a motor vehicle stop on South Street and arrested Weliton DaSilva Cassiano, 22, of 39 Eastview Road, Milford, on a warrant for revoked license and no insurance. [Editor's note: Hopkinton...
In what was described as one of its most significant decisions, the Elementary School Building Committee on Tuesday voted to select an electric ground source heat pump system for the proposed Elmwood School replacement project. It took discussion about both fiscal and...
