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Following her position as director for Medfield Youth Outreach, Dawn Alcott is bringing her experience as the new director for Hopkinton Youth and Family Services. Alcott said what originally drew her to the social work field was working at a small community hospital,...
Annual post-race party puts cap on 123rd edition This year’s Boston Marathon might a distant memory to many people, but there is one more event in town related to last month’s 123rd running of the race. The annual Marathon Post Party will be held Thursday, May 30,...
Senior twins, freshman sister find success together on HHS track team Hopkinton High School seniors Garrett and Ben Powers and their younger sister, Kate, knew this would be the only year they would be able to share the experience of competing together with the...
Hopkinton High School senior Andrew Palleiko found his place with the Hillers lacrosse program by accident. “I was trying out my freshman year and they didn’t have a face-off guy at all,” he said. “So I came in and gave it a try, and I guess I just sort of won the...
Hopkinton’s Will Abbott capped an impressive freshman season on the Quinnipiac lacrosse team by being named to the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) first team as well as the MAAC All-Rookie team. Starting all 16 of his team’s games, the midfielder...
Hopkinton teen promotes program that examines relationships Hopkinton resident Lynne Ahn and her daughter Nathalie are on a mission to talk about love. After hearing about the One Love Foundation, an organization that educates young people about the difference between...
By Kary Noble, Special to the Independent I have been a teacher in this district for 20 years, but when this school year ends I will be moving on to Vermont where I have a home teaching sixth-graders there for what I hope is the rest of my career. Leaving this...
Marist student wins national scholarship competition A 2016 Hopkinton High School graduate has won a prestigious fashion award for her creation of a signature collection focused on sustainability and environmental friendliness. Isabel Holden, a fashion design major at...
HHS senior Wang earns philanthropist honor Hopkinton High School senior Young Wang was awarded the Young Philanthropist of the Year Award at the Foundation for MetroWest’s Spring Inspiration Breakfast on April 25 at the Wellesley Country Club. The award recognizes an...
ARRESTS May 10 5:02 p.m. On Cedar Street, Officers Arthur Schofield and Derek Morton arrested Mark J. Curtis, 57, of 16 Ash St., Danvers, on a warrant for operation of a motor vehicle with suspended registration. May 12 9:07 p.m. A caller reported a hit and run...
Edward Frank Bell, 95, of Hopkinton and formerly of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on May 9. Born in the Bronx, New York, he was the son of the late Maria (D’Andrea) and Michael A. Bell. He was the husband of the late Florence...
Local students honored for college success Hopkinton’s Brighid Morgan, a student at Fordham University, was recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, which bills itself as the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor...
The Hopkinton Trails Club’s third annual Town Trails Forum, held on May 3, featured guest speakers, an update on the group’s activities and achievements, and a look at how the volunteer group will work and interact with the newly formed Trails Coordination and...
The Water Department has completed the annual drinking water quality report. This consumer confidence report is a requirement of the Environmental Protection Agency and will be distributed by July 1 for the previous calendar year reporting period. The report will be...
Hopkinton instructor leads group fundraiser A Hopkinton yoga teacher and her students raised close to $25,000 for Boston Children’s Hospital in an event that reminds us that we are “all in this together.” Jennifer Houghtaling, owner of Shanti Yoga on Wood Street in...
The Foundation for MetroWest, a community foundation serving the 33 cities and towns identified as MetroWest (including Hopkinton), is embarking on a significant community needs assessment project. Known as Impact MetroWest, this initiative uses available data and...
School Committee lauds superintendent for communication Superintendent of the Hopkinton Public Schools Dr. Carol Cavanaugh received a positive evaluation for her work during her first full year as leader of the district. Cavanaugh’s annual review was discussed during...
Garabedian re-elected as moderator According to Town Clerk Connor Degan, Hopkinton secured a voter turnout of 17.9 percent, with 2,146 of 11,987 registered voters casting ballots at the town’s annual election on May 20. It’s a turnout higher than achieved by most...
Make an investment in healthy, happy eyes When you walk into Hopkinton Vision Center at 10 Cedar St., there’s a welcoming, almost homey, feeling and immediate greeting by friendly staff who will assist with your check-in and arrange for pre-testing, an appointment...
Hopkinton Middle School’s RoboHillers robotics team won the STEM Research Project Award in the Engineering Division at the VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, from April 28-30. The team, 1715C — also known as the Cool Cats — submitted a math-based...
