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The 10th annual Know Your Vote forum, sponsored by eHop, will be held Monday, April 25, from 7-9 p.m. from the HCAM studio at 77 Main Street. It will be broadcast live on HCAM and YouTube and be available for viewing on tape. “This is a unique opportunity to get the...
At Wednesday’s Upper Charles Trail Committee meeting, the committee talked about plans for next Wednesday’s public forum and continued to hear from residents opposed to running a section of the trail along Hayden Rowe Street. “Please, please don’t run the trail along...
The School Committee at Wednesday’s meeting ratified three-year contracts for the teachers and custodians unions and a one-year contract for the school physician. Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh said that using an interest-based model for negotiations proved successful...
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. Devon Gibney personifies two aspects that make the April 18 Boston Marathon a very special...
The Boston Athletic Association announced Wednesday that Russians and Belarussians who currently reside in either country and signed up for the Boston Marathon as part of the open registration process will not be allowed to participate in this year's race. The ban...
As the eldest of six children, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, it’s my privilege to summarize the long and inspiring life of my mother, Elise Clark, who passed on March 27 after a brief illness. She was surrounded by family and embraced in love. She was...
The Upper Charles Trail Committee (UCTC) passed along a response from the town dated March 21, 2022, which states that property owners have been contacted but that our property is not an abutter at this time. This is inappropriate, especially considering that the UCTC...
It is with genuine excitement that I am writing to endorse Holly Morand for School Committee. Holly is a thoughtful, intelligent and well-informed candidate who I have the pleasure of knowing through her outstanding work with the Hopkinton Freedom Team. I have...
Editor’s note: For clarification, this letter refers to Monica Cannon-Grant, who organized the 2021 Town Common rally for Mikayla Miller, and Cannon-Grant’s recent arrest on charges of fraud, which was covered in the March 23 issue of the Independent. As a person who...
“If you build it, he will come.” It’s the classic line from the Kevin Costner film “Field of Dreams.” Over time, the line has been changed to, “If you build it, they will come,” often used when referring to new development in a city or town. In Hopkinton, there’s no...
Devon Gibney personifies two aspects that make the April 18 Boston Marathon a very special race. The Hopkinton native is running for the Hopkinton Women’s Club as the race marks the 50th anniversary of the first official field of women runners — eight athletes who...
POLICE LOG March 29 1:14 a.m. Officer Stephen Buckley checked on East Street property. 1:39 a.m. Officer Brittany Firth made checks of Fruit Street property. 2:30 a.m. Officer Brittany Firth checked on a person in a motor vehicle on Avenue F and made him aware of an...
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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. Leading off the Select Board roundup, at Tuesday night’s meeting the board unanimously...
At Tuesday night's meeting, the Select Board unanimously approved the hiring of two new police officers: Basit Dennis and Sean McKeon. Dennis got his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts, where he played football for the Minutemen. He earned a...
Like many people, Margaret Bower has been following the reports out of Ukraine, where neighboring Russia has embarked on a campaign to destroy much of the nation. Unlike most people, Bower decided she wanted to get personally involved. A retired FBI agent who was a...
If families are on the hunt for an outdoors-focused summer program, Tanya Trainor, the owner of Miss Tanya’s Family of Nursery Schools, says she knows just the place. “We spend 99 percent of our time outside during the summer,” she says, “and we are a process-oriented...
Leading up to the April 18 Boston Marathon, the Independent will profile local charity runners. This issue we highlight Mia Coutinho, who is running to raise funds for the 26.2 Foundation. Coutinho ran in last fall’s event and is looking forward to her first race on...
Alyssa and Christopher Thompson of Hopkinton joyfully announce the engagement of their daughter, Jacqueline December Thompson, to Timothy Francis Kane, son of Michele and Thomas Kane of Reading. Jackie, a 2015 graduate of Hopkinton High School and magna cum laude...
The Hopkinton Independent presents “A Slice of Hopkinton” photo contest, sponsored by Bill’s Pizzeria. Readers are encouraged to submit photos of people, places or things in Hopkinton. The Independent staff will select one winner for each issue. The winner will have...
