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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 and video of the day. The Hopkinton Teachers Association continued to push for more special education teachers as...
[Editor's note: The following is an open letter from the Hopkinton Teachers Association to the Hopkinton School Committee.] At the December 15th School Committee meeting, you heard from Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh as she cited concerns in an attempt to justify...
At the Hopkinton Lions Club’s annual High School Speech Contest on Dec. 6, Hopkinton High School senior Ryan Dharbanga took first place, with HHS junior Eva Bennet the runner-up. The topic was “Environmental Crisis: Fact or Fiction?” Contestants were judged on...
The Hopkinton High School girls basketball team dropped a 46-28 decision to visiting Ashland on Tuesday to fall to 0-3 on the young season.
A local legend, Mackin has helped as a manager, coach, referee and more for HHS sports since the 1970s. “Scott quite simply represents everything that is great about Hiller Athletics and the Hopkinton community in general,” unified basketball coach Jay Golden shared....
Each week, the Independent highlights an animal available for adoption at Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton. This week's adoptable animals are Max and Maia, who were rescued from the South Korean meat trade and sent to Hopkinton as part of Baypath's partnership with...
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 and video of the day. The Conservation Commission at its two-hour meeting Tuesday night voted 4-1 to release two...
The Conservation Commission at its two-hour meeting Tuesday night voted 4-1 to release two units on the open space mixed-use development (OSMUD) site plan for The Trails after some prolonged debate. The hearing was continued because the commissioners continued to...
The town officially announced a new grant opportunity for local small businesses that were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as a total of $100,000 in funding is available through the Town of Hopkinton Economic Recovery Support Grant. Individual grants of...
The Hopkinton Lions Club held its annual meet-and-greet with Santa and Mrs. Claus on Sunday afternoon at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts. The event provides an opportunity for children with special needs such as autism, ADHD and physical disabilities to talk to...
Karen DeCenzo of Hopkinton, originally from Hudson, passed away on the morning of Dec. 18 after a long and courageous battle with sarcoidosis. Karen came into this world on Aug. 4, 1963, the 10th of 12 children born to Peter and Rose Marie (Tanner) DeCenzo. Karen was...
Barbara L. (Goodfellow) Crane, 94, of Mendon passed away Dec. 19 in Countryside Healthcare in Milford. She was the wife of the late Stanley T. Crane, who died in July. She had lived in Abington until moving to Mendon in 1965. She was a clerk at the former Miscoe...
ARRESTS December 16 9:15 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle struck a telephone pole on Fruit Street. The vehicle was unoccupied when the reporting person called. Sergeant William Burchard and Officers Brennan Grimley and Matthew LaTour responded and arrested a...
A Massachusetts State Trooper and a police dog are recovering after an accident on Interstate 495 in Hopkinton on Monday. The trooper, Ken Hanchett, and his K-9 companion, Orry, were inside their cruiser on the side of I-495 south while working a construction detail...
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 and video of the day. During a presentation at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, members of the Elementary School...
The Hopkinton PTO will present a dynamic and fun two-hour presentation called “The Secret Lives of Teens & Tweens” on Wednesday, Jan. 11, from 7-9 p.m. at Hopkinton Middle School. The program, led by counselor Jon Mattleman, is for parents/caregivers and focuses...
During a presentation at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, members of the Elementary School Building Committee stressed the need for community involvement over the next few weeks as the committee closes in on a recommendation for the site of a replacement for Elmwood...
During Tuesday's Select Board meeting, board member Shahidul Mannan asked Town Manager Norman Khumalo for an explanation about the narrow roadway on the western portion of the Main Street Corridor Project. The town elected to widen the newly reconfigured roadway this...
Nicholas Walker was introduced as the town’s newest police officer at Tuesday's Select Board meeting. Walker, 27, is set to graduate later this month from the Boylston Police Academy. A native of Hopedale, Walker most recently served as a dispatcher in Hopedale and...
The Planning Board at its Monday night meeting voted 6-3 to remove a 1992 condition that restricted the number of allowable lots on the Capobianco family subdivision to four on Morse Lane, paving the way for a fifth lot to be configured on the property. At the start...
