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Young Hopkinton DJ gets positive spin

Young Hopkinton DJ gets positive spin

Auslander releases first single With one song newly released and another on the way, DJ Stephen Auslander, who goes by the moniker “SAUS,” has a bright future in music, a future that began right in his own hometown of Hopkinton. “There is something about music that I...

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John Irvine

John Irvine

It is with great sadness that the family of John “Johnny” Irvine announces his sudden passing on July 18 at the age of 66 years. He was born in Framingham on Sept. 20, 1952, to Wallace Irvine and the late Mary Gould Irvine of Hopkinton. John is survived by his life...

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Fred Bertram

Fred Bertram

Frederic C. Bertram, 86, of Milford, was called home to be with the Lord on July 27 and is now in the loving arms of Jesus. He was greeted upon arrival by his daughter Deborah and granddaughter Krista. Fred grew up in Roslindale and served in the Air Force during the...

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Welcome to ‘Hollywoodville’

Welcome to ‘Hollywoodville’

Tired from TV gigs, Kabler films movie in Hopkinton It’s 7:30 on a picture-perfect summer morning, and Roger Kabler is sitting on a rock on the edge of Lake Whitehall, savoring all that nature has to offer. Kabler is an actor and a painter, having discovered his...

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George Desmond

George Desmond

George R. Desmond of Framingham, formerly of Sherborn, passed away peacefully on Aug. 13. He was the husband of Alice B. Desmond, to whom he was married for 59 years. Born in Framingham in 1930, he was the son of the late George R. Desmond Sr. and Kathryn Orzeck...

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Cormier to run HHS athletics

Cormier to run HHS athletics

Moving quickly after the resignation of Dee King, Hopkinton High School announced that Foxboro High School athletic director Rich Cormier will become the new AD starting Aug. 26. “Rich really impressed the interview committee throughout the process,” HHS principal...

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Photo: Dog days

Photo: Dog days

At the Health and Wellness Fair on the Town Common on Aug. 3, Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton showed off Napa, who was adopted from the shelter five years ago. PHOTO/JERRY SPAR

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Hopkinton Running Club keeps pace

Hopkinton Running Club keeps pace

Group has competitive side but also community focused Hurricane or heat wave, freezing or fair, members of the Hopkinton Running Club have trekked through the elements every Saturday for the past 16 years, since the HRC’s founding in 2003. While it is a club with many...

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HHS grad Mills to lead college field hockey program

HHS grad Mills to lead college field hockey program

Hopkinton native and former Hillers field hockey standout Tamara Mills has been tapped to become the next head coach of the Sage Colleges field hockey team, and she is looking to build the program in Albany, New York, into a competitor. “I’m wicked excited and feel...

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Photo: Show of force

Photo: Show of force

At the National Police Night Out on Aug. 6 at the Town Common, Hopkinton Police Officers Moira McGaffigan, Jay Deiana, Phil Powers and Ben Stickney posed for a photo in front of a police vehicle. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

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Arrests/Police Log, Aug. 21 edition

Arrests/Police Log, Aug. 21 edition

ARRESTS   July 29 10:03 p.m. On West Main Street, Officers John Corridan, Brian Sanchioni and Robert Ekross conducted a motor vehicle stop and subsequently arrested William J. Grant, 39, of 44 Winter St., Franklin, and charged him with possession of a Class A...

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Joyce DeLeo

Joyce DeLeo

Margaret “Joyce” (Dempsey) DeLeo passed peacefully on Aug. 6 at Lancaster General Hospital at 80 years old after battling lung cancer. She was born on March 16, 1939, in Quincy to Walter and Lillian (Adams) Dempsey. She grew up in Hopkinton as the oldest of four...

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Irene Sands

Irene Sands

Irene N. (Snyer) Sands, 83, of Winchester, New Hampshire, and formerly of Hopkinton, passed away Aug. 12. Born and raised in Hopkinton, she was the daughter of the late Irene “Sue” (Davis) and Peter Snyer. She was the wife of 37 years to the late Theodore “Ted” Sands....

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HHS senior starts soccer program in Morocco

HHS senior starts soccer program in Morocco

Hopkinton High School rising senior Simon Rutter traveled to Morocco this summer to study Arabic in the West African nation and ended up making a lasting impact on his temporary community by helping to create a soccer program to benefit hundreds of students and local...

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Photos: Field hockey for Abbie

Photos: Field hockey for Abbie

The Hopkinton High School field hockey program turned out July 27 for the annual KeepSmilin4Abbie fundraising event at Teamworks in Northborough. In addition to a games featuring current and former Hopkinton High School players, a group of fathers took to the field as...

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