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HEF’s Denim and Diamonds Affair March 9

HEF’s Denim and Diamonds Affair March 9

Whether you prefer denim or diamonds, you are sure to have a fun evening at the annual Hopkinton Education Foundation fundraising gala. The Denim and Diamonds Affair will be held on March 9 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Doubletree by Hilton in Milford. Along with...

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Board of Health advocates for full-time nurse

Board of Health advocates for full-time nurse

As the town’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget process continues, the Board of Selectmen continued with operating and capital budget hearings for town departments. On the agenda at the meeting on Feb. 26, Board of Health Director Shaun McAuliffe presented his department’s...

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Girard resigns as HHS football coach

Girard resigns as HHS football coach

Jim Girard, who guided the Hopkinton High School football team to the Division 4 state semifinals in 2017, has stepped down after nine years at the helm of the Hillers and an overall record of 64-36. “It was simply the right time,” he explained. The Hillers went 6-4...

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Voters approve Lykan TIF

Voters approve Lykan TIF

Company receives widespread support from town Voters at the Feb. 11 Special Town Meeting approved the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement for Lykan Bioscience by a clear majority, clearing the way for the company to locate at 97 South St. “We’re very happy with...

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Hopkinton celebrates Chinese New Year

Hopkinton celebrates Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, rings in the lunar new year in East Asia and is often considered one of the largest celebrations in the world. The fourth-year renewal of the holiday event in Hopkinton — held at Hopkins School on Feb. 2 — hosted...

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Live4Evan Red Tie Affair March 2

Live4Evan Red Tie Affair March 2

Supporters of a local charity will be seeing red on Saturday, March 2, as the second annual Live4Evan Red Tie Affair is held at Lake Pearl in Wrentham. Last year’s event, which drew 200-plus people, raised about $30,000. That amount helped lease a one-bedroom...

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Dorothy “Dot” Swing

Dorothy “Dot” Swing

Dorothy Elaine Ketner “Dot” Swing, 94, of Salisbury, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 12. Born Oct. 10, 1924, in Salisbury, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Effie Viola Yost Ketner and George Robert Ketner; and the stepdaughter of...

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Kathleen “Bonnie” Gilligan

Kathleen “Bonnie” Gilligan

Kathleen Rose "Bonnie" Gilligan, 80, died from Parkinson's disease on Feb. 4, spending her final days in the compassionate care of Parlin Hospice Residence in Wayland after so many years of wonderful support at the Framingham Union Hospital emergency room and many...

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Patrick Potochniak

Patrick Potochniak

Patrick Potochniak, 48, a longtime resident of Hopkinton and more recently of North Conway, New Hampshire, passed away Feb. 1, after a brief battle with a very aggressive form of cancer. A loving son, father, brother and uncle, Pat was a three-sport athlete at...

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Sayra P. Flynn

Sayra P. Flynn

Sayra P. Flynn, 76, a former art teacher in Hopkinton, passed away on Jan. 30 after a long illness in the presence of her loved ones. Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Joseph P. and Florence Dion. She graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Hearts...

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Susan Jean Fontana

Susan Jean Fontana

Susan Jean Fontana, 56, formerly of East Hartford, Connecticut, died after a brief illness on Jan. 5 at the Mission Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina. Born in Columbus, Ohio, on March 19, 1962, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Virginia (Gulli) Fontana....

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Thelma Vorce Kerivan

Thelma Vorce Kerivan

Thelma C. (Brown) Vorce Kerivan, 94, of Hopkinton, died peacefully on Feb. 9 at the Kathleen Daniel Nursing Home in Framingham. Born in Natick, she was the daughter of the late Hazel (O’Leary) and Charles E. Brown. She was the wife of Frank L. Vorce, who died in 2003,...

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Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 20 edition

Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 20 edition

ARRESTS January 25 12:04 p.m. On Main Street, Officers Panagiotis Hontzeas and Arthur Schofield arrested Elmer G. Yojero, 24, of 120 Quail St., Stratford, Connecticut, and charged him with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. February 6 11:07 p.m. On Fruit Street,...

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Local students receive college honors

Local students receive college honors

The following Hopkinton residents were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at their respective colleges: At Tufts University, Prakalya Chandrasekar and Thomas Leone; At Connecticut College, Devon Rancourt, a Slavic studies and history major who received...

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