Hopkinton Town Hall and municipal offices — including the library and the Senior Center — will be closed on Monday in observance of Independence Day. The library also will be closed this Saturday. As previously reported, there will be no July 4 Horribles Parade again...
Participating in The Examined Life educational program enabled Hopkinton Middle School Grade 8 civics teacher William Mingace to make a life-changing trip to Greece, a journey he believes allows him to better understand what he teaches. From April 14-23, he traveled...
If the Hopkinton Cricket Club is to add another pitch to use for a sport that is growing in popularity, it will have to be somewhere other than Reed Park, with the Parks & Recreation Commission giving the proposal four thumbs down in a unanimous vote Wednesday...
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. Tom Dawson loves the outdoors, and he’s putting that love to the test this year when the...
Tom Dawson loves the outdoors, and he’s putting that love to the test this year when the longtime Hopkinton resident embarks on a hike of the entire Appalachian Trail — all 2,193 miles, from Maine to Georgia. “Doing the whole AT is something I’ve had as a goal for my...
If you’ve been to the Town Common, you likely are familiar with one of Michael Alfano’s sculptures, as his statue of George Brown firing the Boston Marathon starting pistol sits on the park’s northeast corner and has become a local landmark since its debut in 2008....
At Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue. Two WPI students from Hopkinton recently completed...
ARRESTS June 25 11:15 p.m. Officer Matthew LaTour conducted a motor vehicle stop on Main Street and subsequently arrested a 35-year-old Framingham resident and charged her with OUI drugs. POLICE LOG June 21 12:05 a.m. Officer Sean McKeon made checks of Main Street...
Platinum Physical Therapy, which has locations in Hopkinton, Ashland and Milford, recently expanded its Hopkinton office in order to offer more extensive strength and conditioning programming to the community. Its Platinum Strength program includes a movement...
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...
Each week, the Independent highlights an animal available for adoption at Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton. This week's adoptable animal is Bailey. Here is Baypath's description of Bailey: “Our best friend Bailey wants to know why he is still waiting to meet his...
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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. Clean water is a valuable — often underappreciated — commodity, and it’s about to become a...
Clean water is a valuable — often underappreciated — commodity, and it’s about to become a lot more expensive in Hopkinton. At the June 21 Select Board meeting, the board approved a 9.5 percent increase in water use fees for fiscal year 2023. And town officials...
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...
The Hopkinton Water Department recently published the excellent Annual Water Quality Report (available at bit.ly/HopWater2021) for the year 2021. Substances such as asbestos, nitrate, tetrachloroethylene, PFAS6 and others are reported as detected and their effect on...
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. For the first time ever, a team from Hopkins Elementary School won the Hurvitz Cup State...
For the first time ever, a team from Hopkins Elementary School won the Hurvitz Cup State Scholastic Team Championship, a chess competition run by the Massachusetts Chess Association. The team representing Hopkins consisted of four fifth-grade boys, Dattasai Kilari,...
On his fifth birthday, Dhairya Mehta was gifted a chess board. The box stayed unopened in his house for months. Bored one day, Mehta asked his father, Mitul, to teach him how to play. His father showed him the basics and later enrolled the boy in chess classes. At 6...
Continuing on a long annual tradition, the Hopkinton Women’s Club recently presented its 2022 scholarships to the following Hopkinton High School seniors: Kathleen Beauvais, Mary Billeter, Sarah Bouvier, Kathryn Callery, Charlotte Cann, Lauren Coccio, Julia Dever,...
