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Independent Thoughts: Local Girl Scouts earn highest honor; teens to appear in Worcester play
Hopkinton’s Elizabeth Schneider and Katie Beauvais recently received the prestigious Gold Award, the highest achievement a Girl Scout can earn, from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts. The Gold Award is available to girls in high school who create sustainable...
Real Estate Transactions, Aug. 16 edition
Senior Snippets, Aug. 16 edition
The Hopkinton Senior Center is open Mondays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. For a more extensive listing of programs and services, including lunch program menus, as well as a newsletter, check hopkintonseniorcenter.com. Anyone...
Hopkinton Today: Tuesday, Aug. 15
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 Boston Tea Party Participant Grave Marker Project will recognize John Dickman, who is interred in...
Boston Tea Party participant to be commemorated at Hopkinton cemetery
“Friends! Brethren! Countrymen! That worst of plagues, the detested tea, shipped for this port by the East India Company, is now arrived in the harbor.” So proclaimed the pamphlet distributed throughout Boston on Monday morning, Nov. 29, 1773, after some 100-plus...
Library Corner, Aug. 16 edition
For more information on any of the following programs or other activities at the library, visit hopkintonlibrary.org. Visit the library’s website calendar for event registration information. The library also can be found on Facebook, @hopkintonlibrary, and on Twitter,...
Hopkinton Today: Monday, Aug. 14
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. Hopkinton residents had questions about site selection, the choice of geothermal systems and traffic...
Main Street Corridor Project update: Work continues on bike path, sidewalk
As part of the Main Street Corridor Project this week, crews will continue grading the bike path between the Muffin House Cafe and Hayden Rowe Street. Also at the same location, workers will form and pour sidewalks from Wednesday to Friday. On the west side of the...
Residents raise questions to ESBC about chosen school site, HVAC system
Hopkinton residents had questions about site selection, the choice of geothermal systems and traffic for a proposed new elementary school during a public forum on Thursday. Their participation followed nearly two hours of presentations by representatives from project...
Hopkinton Today: Friday, Aug. 11
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 Communities at Golden Pond assisted living facility is allowed to accept new residents after the...
Trails Club walk at Center School rescheduled to Aug. 17
The Hopkinton Trails Club announced Thursday afternoon that the walk planned in the evening at Center School has been rescheduled for next Thursday (Aug. 17) at 7 p.m. due to predicted inclement weather. The family-friendly event is cosponsored by the Trails Club and...
Trails Committee discusses its role in UCTC reorganization, upcoming projects
The Trails Committee (formerly known as the Trail Coordination and Management Committee) met for nearly two hours Wednesday night to discuss its role in further discussions about the town’s efforts to reform the Upper Charles Trail Committee, as well as its own...
Baypath Adoptable Animal of the Week: Kevin
Each week, the Independent highlights an animal available for adoption at Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton. This week's adoptable animal is 6-month-old Kevin. Here is Baypath's description of Kevin: "Kevin and his siblings are new to Baypath! They came all the way...
Golden Pond allowed to accept new patients after state approves corrective action plan
The Communities at Golden Pond assisted living facility is allowed to accept new residents after the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs approved its corrective action plan in June to address numerous violations the facility received in March after a...
Photos: Summer scenes in Hopkinton
Courtesy of Amit Jagdale, we have some photos from around town.
Hopkinton Today: Thursday, Aug. 10
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. During its nearly four-hour meeting Tuesday night, the Conservation Commission lost its patience with...
Upper, main beaches at Hopkinton State Park again unsafe for swimming
The water quality at the upper beach at Hopkinton State Park returned to an unsafe level for swimming due to an increase in enterococci bacteria over the past week, according to water sample test results released Wednesday, while the water quality at the main beach...
Maureen Stake, 86, Hopkinton native
Maureen D. (Sheehan) (Sinnery) Stake, 86, of Auburn passed away unexpectedly on July 17. She leaves her beloved husband, Ronald H. Stake; her devoted children, Ronald Stake of Ohio, Donald Sinnery and wife Joanne of Milford, Donna Kaliszewski and husband John of...
Conservation Commission blasts The Trails for repeated stormwater violations
During its nearly four-hour meeting Tuesday night, the Conservation Commission lost its patience with the developer of The Trails after the project incurred additional stormwater management violations after the deluge of rain earlier in the day. The Trails, an 80-unit...
