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A presentation on the fall reopening of school will be delivered Thursday at 7 p.m. by superintendent Carol Cavanaugh at the Hopkinton School Committee meeting. The presentation, to be delivered via Zoom, will be followed by a question-and-answer period. Cavanaugh...
Kevin M. Kenney, 68, died July 28 at Milford Regional Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Framingham, he was the son of the late Thomas and Ruth (MacMillian) Kenney. Kevin was a 1970 graduate of Hopkinton High School. He was owner and operator of Central...
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 video or two to brighten your morning. A Lumber Street couple who previously expressed a desire to expand their...
A Lumber Street couple who previously expressed a desire to expand their ground-mounted solar array revealed plans to start cutting down trees on 6.5 acres of adjoining property that they own. Ben and Amy Chirco, who reside at 147 Lumber St., sent letters in early...
ARRESTS July 21 8:09 a.m. A caller reported a vehicle off the roadway of Lumber Street, and the occupants were out walking and talking. Sergeants Matthew McNeil and Aaron Neil and Officer Philip Powers responded and performed field sobriety tests and subsequently...
On the same day Hopkinton was named the No. 2 safest city in America, local police made a bizarre arrest. Around 6:30 a.m. Monday, police received reports that a couple was walking their dog on Hayden Rowe Street while completely nude. When police responded and...
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 video or two to brighten your morning. After many months of discussion, and despite opposition from abutters, the...
The Planning Board voted Monday night to approve a special permit for a 28-acre solar array in the woods off 71 Frankland Road to be built by Seaboard Solar. The...
At its meeting Monday night, the Planning Board discussed how to handle issues with the Commercial Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District map that it approved on June 1 and sent to September's Town Meeting warrant. There had been some confusion recently regarding the...
Norma Hazen Nordstrom passed into eternal life on July 26 after a year-long battle with cancer. Born in Newton on Dec. 14, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Mabel (Wildman) and Lloyd Hazen. She is predeceased by her loving husband of 65 years, Paul, who passed...
Hopkinton was tabbed as the second safest city in America for 2020, according to the newly released 100 Safest Cities in America rankings by the national security analysis website SafeWise. Last year Hopkinton held the No. 1 spot. This year the top honor went to...
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 video or two to brighten your morning. At the most recent School Committee meeting, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh said...
Janet M. (Larkin) Rooney died July 24 after a three-week illness. She was born Sept. 8, 1927, in Norwood to the late Albert and Agnes Larkin. She was the sister of the late Robert (Shirley), Allan and Richard Larkin, all of Medfield, and the sister-in-law of Joan...
Editor's note: This is the town of Hopkinton's COVID-19 update for July 24. COVID-19 Updates and Precautions July 24 update Previous updates and additional information and resources can be found here: coronavirus-hopkintonma.hub.arcgis.com/ While Town Hall and...
A return to school with a schedule that combines one day of in-person education with one day of remote learning has the support of both school district administrators and the reentry advisory group as of now, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told members of the...
The Hopkinton School Committee voted unanimously at its July 23 meeting to award the bid to build six new classrooms at Hopkinton High School to Avatar Construction at a cost of $2,839,000. Construction on the new wing is expected to start soon and will take place...
Jaqueline Marie Bowker, 55, of Taunton and formerly of Hopkinton, passed away unexpectedly on July 16. Daughter of the late Francis X “Jerry” and Sarah Riordan Bowker of Hopkinton, "Jackson" was the cherished first sister of Julie Bowker (Ho-ping Wei) of Portland,...
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA), which governs high school sports in the state, announced earlier this week that tryouts/practices for fall sports will not start until Sept. 14. Fall sports had been scheduled to start on Aug. 24 (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 video or two to brighten your morning. The Hopkinton Police Department announced that boat patrols of Lake Maspenock...
Maureen E. Ferguson, 72, of Holliston died July 21 after a prolonged illness. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius P. and Mary E. (Linehan) O’Brien. Maureen graduated from Brighton High School and Boston City College and ultimately earned her...
