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Hopkinton High School makes new staff requests

Hopkinton High School makes new staff requests

Officials for the Hopkinton Public Schools went before the School Committee once again for approval of additional staff due to the continually increasing enrollment in the district. Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop presented the request for bringing back...

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James ‘Ed’ McFaul

James ‘Ed’ McFaul

James “Ed” McFaul, 93 James “Ed” McFaul, 93, of Hopkinton, passed away Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. Born in Cambridge, he was the son of the late Mary Louise (Rose) McFaul and James Francis McFaul. He was the husband of 37 years to the late Suzanne T. McFaul, who passed in...

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Arrests/Police Log, Oct. 25 edition

Arrests/Police Log, Oct. 25 edition

October 1      11:04 a.m. An East Main Street resident reported a deceased deer on his property. The Animal Control Officer was notified.      3:06 p.m. Officer Derek Morton responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident on Frankland Road. No injuries were...

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College Sports Notes

College Sports Notes

Shelby Aarden, URI ’19, finished 25th at the New England Collegiate Cross Country Championship, covering the 5k in 18:50. Ryan Branch, Lafayette ’21, ran 27:23 for 8k to finish 97th out of 367 finishers at the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh Sept. 29. Julia...

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Hopkinton Chamber volunteers at MetroWest YMCA

Hopkinton Chamber volunteers at MetroWest YMCA

Cool rainy weather changed work plans but didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce members who volunteered at the MetroWest YMCA Family Outdoor Center Oct. 12. “The team of local business leaders installed a new team-building initiative on the Y’s...

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HHS volleyball poised for another tourney run

HHS volleyball poised for another tourney run

A year after making an appearance in the state final, the Hopkinton High School girls volleyball team is once again heading into the postseason as one of the strongest squads in the area and eyeing another lengthy run in the postseason. “The team has been playing...

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HHS volleyball poised for another tourney run

HHS football back in postseason

The Hopkinton High School football team kicks off its postseason run this weekend and head coach Jim Girard thinks his team is coming together at the right time as the Hillers prepare to defend their Division 4 district championship from a year ago.    “We are seeing...

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Charleston-Pollac engagement

Charleston-Pollac engagement

Raymond and Colleen Charleston of Hopkinton are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Alicia Colleen Charleston, to Victor Anthony Pollac Jr. Alicia, a research manager at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and returned Peace Corps volunteer, received...

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College honors

College honors

Hopkinton High School graduate Amanda Gollaher is a member of the Colgate University Class of 2022. Of the 9,716 applications to Colgate last year, just 25 percent were accepted. The average high school GPA for accepted students was 3.8 out of 4.0. Colgate received...

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Board of Appeals grants extended hours to sawmill

Old Toll House site to be preserved

While efforts to save the Toll House, the 1½-story cape house at 123 Main St. in Hopkinton that played a major role in the old Central Turnpike were not successful, Wayne Mezitt of Nurseries has now made it possible for the site where it was located to be preserved....

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Key Storage 4.14.22